Ken, maybe it's time to publish a book?
I would like to hear much more about the R4200i than the 286.
After the EMP flash of 2075, the centient raccoons will enjoy reading the stories of the civilization long gone.
[0] https://typesetinthefuture.com/author/typesetinthefuture/
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Typeset-Future-Typography-Science-Fic...
I used to teach binary math to kids, and at a county fair I was upstaged by an 11 year old girl who demonstrated both multiplication by powers of two and division of powers of two.
"What does your father do for a living?'
"He is the director of the laser fusion project!"
"Oh."
Not a lot of confirmation....
https://web.archive.org/web/20160204052256/http://intel80386...
" For those descriptors that are common to both the 80286 and the 80386, the presence of zeros in the final word causes the 80386 to interpret these descriptors exactly as 80286 does; for example: "
This is patently and documented as untrue. The final word is reserved for use as a 365 GDT, and breaks 286 code, specifically Xenix 286, on a 386.
https://www.os2museum.com/wp/theres-more-to-the-286-xenix-st...