>
> > As you should know, and i'm shure you do.
> > 8086 was a 8-bit cpu
>
> wrong. i designed with that cpu. 8080 was 8 bit, 8086 was their first
> 16-bit offering, and 8088 was the eight-bit external-bus version of the
> 16-bit 8086.
>
> Sometimes it's good to be a fossil like me :-)
>
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The 8086 has four 16-bit general purpose registers, two 16-bit Pointer
registers, two 16-bit Index registers, one 16-bit program counter,
four 16-bit Segment registers and one 16-bit Flags register.
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I'll be damned...
Next time i'll open my book beforehand ;-)
I should realy have now'n this as i started programming computers in 1984.
Sorry to have bothered you.
Regards
--
John Flood
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* In Budo when you receive a blow, you must be grateful, because it
* teaches a lesson. - Master Motonobu Hironishi
