Re: Re Z80<->8088, was: Linux on TI?

[Chad Page]

On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, Bill Ewing wrote:

> DRAM chips were 64K at the time, moving to 256K.
> The thought that you wouldn't be able to build in less than 256K
> seemed absolutely sinful. A 16-bit path would have wound up with a
> whopping 512K RAM on ENTRY!

        Actually the first IBM PC mobos had 16K chips... they got 64K
later on.  Still, they cheapened other things quite a bit too - they
introduced a wait state (even though the 8088 built in 3-4 :) ) etc.

        - Chad

> 
>   --Bill