Claudio Calvelli wrote:
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.
What's in it?
Gordon.
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