From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: gtaylor at tnetconsulting.net (Grant Taylor) Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2018 22:33:04 -0700 Subject: [COFF] [TUHS] man-page style In-Reply-To: <20181117200908.2FAF918C073@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> References: <20181117200908.2FAF918C073@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> Message-ID: On 11/17/2018 01:09 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > Sure. (Note that I'm not on COFF, so if anyone replies, please make sure > I'm CC'd directly.) Thank you for the reply Noel. I found this to be an interesting read. I occasionally bump into some Multicians and am always pleasantly surprised at how different their world is. > The 386-Pentium actually had support for many segments, but I gather > they are in the process of deleting it in the latest machines because > nobody's using it. Which is a pity, because when done correctly (which > it was - Intel hired Paul Karger to architect it) it's just what you > need for a truly secure system (which Multics also had) - but that's > another long message. If you're ever feeling bored and would like to share that story. ():-) Thank you again for typing the message and sending it to a mailing list that you're not subscribed to. If we're ever in a pub together, I owe you a round. -- Grant. . . . unix || die -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 4008 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature URL: