Reply to post: Re: "286 could have run a pre-emptive multitasking OS"

Every major OS maker misread Intel's docs. Now their kernels can be hijacked or crashed

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Re: "286 could have run a pre-emptive multitasking OS"

@AC

"Protected mode was implemented to allow multitasking - with hardware support."

Exactly - the 286 was the target processor for OS/2 1.x

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