If I remeber correctly from reading my 8088/8086 manual, the instruction
set of the 8080 (yes 8080, 8-bit cpu) was extended for the 8088/8086.
You might wanna check www.x86.org to confirm (RC has a doc on x86
history).
Louis
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On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, thcg wrote:
> I sent a previous mail to the listserv with no response... my
> question was:
>
> Are the 8086 instructions compatible with any intel
> microcontrollers such as the 8051, 8057 80257 MC80257 etc? If so, very
> cool linux machines with LCD displays and cheap MCUs can be build for the
> third world :) . Any ideas anyone??
>
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