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curprev 21:1421:14, 21 July 2025 Guy Harris talk contribs 49,123 bytes −57 Update link. undo

curprev 13:2513:25, 24 June 2025 Maxeto0910 talk contribs 49,180 bytes −1 →The 386 undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

curprev 10:1510:15, 27 May 2025 GreenC bot talk contribs 49,181 bytes −168 Move 1 url. Wayback Medic 2.5 per WP:URLREQ#citeftp undo

curprev 09:1109:11, 13 May 2025 100.34.18.149 talk 49,349 bytes +254 →Entering and exiting protected mode: Refined and clarified the paragraph about entering protected mode, particularly clarifying the role and effect of the A20 gate. (Editors should note that disabling A20 does not disable access to all memory above the first megabyte; it only disables access to odd megabytes, i.e. addresses [100000h,1FFFFFh], [300000h,3FFFFFh], [500000h,5FFFFFh], etc.) undo
curprev 08:5708:57, 13 May 2025 100.34.18.149 talk 49,095 bytes −98 →Entering and exiting protected mode: Deleted a false detail. The ability to reset the 80286 through a triple fault is in fact entirely dependent on IBM AT hardware. The 80286 CPU goes into the shutdown state when it triple-faults; the IBM-designed AT logic resets the CPU when it signals shutdown. Without the AT shutdown-reset logic, the 80286 would stay in shutdown until reset by some user action (like a machine power cycle). undo

curprev 17:5517:55, 9 May 2025 Em3rgent0rdr talk contribs 49,193 bytes +10 →The 286: bootstrapping is wikilinkable and is the more technically-used metaphor for this process of startup though a chain of successively more complex environments...it is not much of a "chicken & egg problem". undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 18:5418:54, 6 April 2025 Calmira90 talk contribs 49,183 bytes −51 WP:NEEDCITE changes without citation - Undid revision 1284290073 by 43.249.50.223 (talk) undo Tag: Undo
curprev 18:0118:01, 6 April 2025 43.249.50.223 talk 49,234 bytes +51 →The 286 undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 07:0607:06, 27 March 2025 Calmira90 talk contribs 49,183 bytes +43 →External links: changed to archived webpage, Intel documentation about x86 Protected Mode now not found undo

curprev 12:4112:41, 14 March 2025 Trevayne08 talk contribs m 49,140 bytes −5 →The 286: - removed "only" (misplaced - the next instance of "only" in the sentence suffices) undo

curprev 16:1316:13, 1 March 2025 Black Doomer talk contribs 49,145 bytes +77 distinguish from "Safe mode" undo

curprev 22:0922:09, 3 January 2025 Omphalographer talk contribs 49,068 bytes −232 →External links: clean up - TurboIRC link required Flash; akernelloader is an abandoned project undo

curprev 02:5602:56, 30 October 2024 DocWatson42 talk contribs m 49,300 bytes +1 Corrected a misspelling. undo

curprev 20:3620:36, 9 October 2024 Guy Harris talk contribs 49,299 bytes +26 →History: Again, mention the 8088. undo
curprev 20:2920:29, 9 October 2024 Guy Harris talk contribs 49,273 bytes +31 →The 286: Mention the 8088; it is the processor in the original IBM PC, and that machine is a major reason why that backward compatibility was so important. undo
curprev 20:2320:23, 9 October 2024 Guy Harris talk contribs 49,242 bytes −26 →History: The 8086 was the very first x86 processor; state that explicitly. "Originally designed with a 20-bit address bus" makes it sound as if they changed that later, but the 8086 *always* had a 20-bit address bus. Just say it had one. undo

curprev 08:1808:18, 12 September 2024 Nngnna talk contribs m 49,268 bytes −2 kilobyte styling undo

curprev 10:3510:35, 5 September 2024 Nngnna talk contribs 49,270 bytes −10 →The 286: cleaning up the explenation, still not 100% foolproof for the unfamiliar. undo

curprev 05:4005:40, 30 August 2024 Bubba73 talk contribs m 49,280 bytes +2 →The 286 undo
curprev 05:3705:37, 30 August 2024 Bubba73 talk contribs 49,278 bytes −2 →History: The 80186 was between the 8086 and 80286 undo

curprev 21:3021:30, 10 May 2024 Mikhail Ryazanov talk contribs m 49,280 bytes −2 →Real mode: punct., fmt., style undo
curprev 21:2421:24, 10 May 2024 Mikhail Ryazanov talk contribs m 49,282 bytes +36 →The 286: punct., fmt. undo

curprev 04:2604:26, 1 February 2024 Eddmanx talk contribs m 49,246 bytes −4 No edit summary undo

curprev 21:2621:26, 7 December 2023 GhostCarrot talk contribs 49,250 bytes +8 No edit summary undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 16:2516:25, 27 November 2023 Macaddct1984 talk contribs 49,242 bytes +2,792 Reverting edit(s) by 110.54.142.70 (talk) to rev. 1163617891 by Guy Harris: Unexplained content removal (UV 0.1.5) undo Tags: Ultraviolet Undo
curprev 16:0316:03, 27 November 2023 110.54.142.70 talk 46,450 bytes −2,792 No edit summary undo Tags: Reverted references removed Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 19:3619:36, 5 July 2023 Guy Harris talk contribs 49,242 bytes −1 Get rid of stray space. undo

curprev 19:3319:33, 28 June 2023 46.117.225.244 talk 49,243 bytes +1 Typo undo

curprev 17:5517:55, 25 June 2023 Wikieditor 2027 talk contribs 49,242 bytes +38 No edit summary undo

curprev 19:2319:23, 9 April 2023 Maxeto0910 talk contribs 49,204 bytes +62 Added short description. undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

curprev 20:0920:09, 25 March 2023 InternetArchiveBot talk contribs 49,142 bytes +557 Rescuing 3 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.3) (Whoop whoop pull up - 12943 undo

curprev 19:5019:50, 24 October 2022 2a02:6d40:3438:7201:8778:7667:adf8:2aa6 talk 48,585 bytes +2 →Real mode undo

curprev 14:4514:45, 5 August 2022 193.188.200.6 talk 48,583 bytes +116 →Entering and exiting protected mode: add details undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 18:4618:46, 3 May 2022 101.87.10.181 talk 48,467 bytes −115 spamlink undo Tag: references removed

curprev 00:5800:58, 27 April 2022 Guy Harris talk contribs 48,582 bytes +1 Undid revision 1056406953 by 39.50.41.65 (talk) - nope, bytes; physical addresses on x86 are byte addresses, not bit addresses. undo Tag: Undo
curprev 00:5500:55, 27 April 2022 Uzume talk contribs 48,581 bytes +23 →External links: +Template:Memory management nav undo

curprev 16:2516:25, 21 November 2021 39.50.41.65 talk 48,558 bytes −1 →Real mode undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 01:4101:41, 4 November 2021 Citation bot talk contribs 48,559 bytes +58 Add: title. Changed bare reference to CS1/2. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by BrownHairedGirl | Linked from User:BrownHairedGirl/Articles_with_bare_links | #UCB_webform_linked 594/2141 undo

curprev 07:0307:03, 11 August 2021 Efp0 talk contribs 48,501 bytes +1,544 No edit summary undo Tag: Visual edit: Switched

curprev 23:3323:33, 30 May 2021 WikiCleanerBot talk contribs m 46,957 bytes 0 v2.04b - Bot T20 CW#61 - Fix errors for CW project (Reference before punctuation) undo Tag: WPCleaner

curprev 13:0513:05, 26 May 2021 84.236.31.48 talk 46,957 bytes +69 source for Coherent being ported to 286 in 1982 undo

curprev 20:0820:08, 4 May 2021 Kovianyo talk contribs m 46,888 bytes +20 →Segment addressing undo

curprev 06:0206:02, 5 March 2021 85.249.199.10 talk 46,868 bytes +11 →The 386: X86 Virtualization has no description of virtual 8086 mode undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 11:3611:36, 22 February 2021 2600:1700:1261:e730:cbf:6fde:a053:a6bd talk 46,857 bytes −1 I think this is a little clearer & easier to read undo

curprev 18:1218:12, 7 February 2021 Hairy Dude talk contribs 46,858 bytes −377 →Features: copy edit (wikify list; put hatnotes right at the top) undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

curprev 07:2707:27, 20 January 2021 Monkbot talk contribs m 47,235 bytes +19 Task 18 (cosmetic): eval 38 templates: hyphenate params (19×); undo Tag: AWB

curprev 22:2022:20, 12 January 2021 WikiCleanerBot talk contribs m 47,216 bytes 0 v2.04b - Bot T20 CW#61 - Fix errors for CW project (Reference before punctuation) undo Tag: WPCleaner

curprev 01:3401:34, 6 December 2020 Monkbot talk contribs m 47,216 bytes −23 Task 18 (cosmetic): eval 38 templates: del empty params (3×); hyphenate params (23×); undo Tag: AWB

curprev 03:1203:12, 31 August 2020 奧田95 talk contribs 47,239 bytes +32 →Operating systems undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
curprev 03:0303:03, 31 August 2020 奧田95 talk contribs 47,207 bytes +15 →See also undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

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