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Re:Unearthing my 1996 windowed OS in machine code for Am2900... by taolson on Thursday August 06, 2026 @01:54PM (#49200030)
The registers could also be partitioned into fixed sizes and protected, to allow for a banked register file that allowed for amazingly fast context switches in RTOS systems.
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Re:Unearthing my 1996 windowed OS in machine code for Am2900... by fidotron on Thursday August 06, 2026 @02:02PM (#49200121)
Yes, I had an architecture professor that was a fan of it (and so your work, presumably!) It's the only way I'd encountered it, sadly.

That was back around 2000 at Loughborough in the UK.

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