[Gllug] Re: 64 bit computing

Christian Smith csmith at thewrongchristian.org.uk
Thu Mar 22 22:12:27 UTC 2007


Richard Jones uttered:

> On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 11:56:04AM +0000, John Hearns wrote:
>> Pete Ryland wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> There are in fact whole operating systems that aim to use the 64-bit
>>> address space by not supporting any other form of access.  For
>>> example, Mungi:
>>>
>>> http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au/research/mungi/
>>>
>> Oooohh.... shiny.
>
> <fart mode="old">
>
> Hmmm ... OS-9 worked exactly the same way back in the late 80s ...
>
> </fart>


I believe IBM OS/400 and previously System/38 also used a similar scheme.

Christian

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