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		jerryr on Oct 18, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What is the PDP-11 instruction set? There are a lot of things I don't miss! x86 segmented architecture, for example. Even modern embedded programming on an ARM Cortex-M feels luxurious compared to not that long ago.

anticristi on Oct 18, 2020 | [–]

It's almost embarrassing to tell young graduates about unreal mode and triple fault.

pjmlp on Oct 19, 2020 | [–]

Yep, which is somehow funny to see people discussing what you can or cannot do on ESP286 and ESP32, when compared with CP/M and MS-DOS early hardware, they are server class.

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