> Claudio- > > The 8088 was the 16 bit chip, indeed, but it had an 8 bit adress bus. > > The 8086 was superior to the '88 because it was a true 16bit cpu, > incorporating a 16bit address bus. The 8087 complements it to provide real > (floating point) calculations.
Yes, that's what I meant, more or less. > I'm showing my love for all things old a bit, aren't I? > > http://www.aliross.co.uk/museum Any use for a PDP-11/73? I haven't switched it on in years but it does work. Claudio _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish