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On Mar 18, 2004, at 3:44 PM, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

>
> "Toru Nishimura" <locore32@gaea.ocn.ne.jp> writes:
>> The introduction of "supervisor mode" was a mystery.   Someone will 
>> disclose
>> the (real) story behind it.
>
> It was introduced to try to get DEC to adopt it for its new machines,
> I thought, since VMS needed it.

I thought it was there for Windows NT.

         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>


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