[Scottish] processors

[Alistair J. Ross]

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.

I'm showing my love for all things old a bit, aren't I?

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Ali

On Wednesday 15 November 2006 10:14, Claudio Calvelli wrote:
> > I'm also looking to give a home to any 286, 386 and 486 chips you have
> > lying around.
>
> I've just dug out a 486DX4 - I'll take it to the next meeting if I manage
> to be there. Might be able to find a 386/20 somewhere. I should also have a
> 8086+8087 (not 8088... the real 16 bit version) but I can't locate them at
> the moment.
>
> Claudio
>
>
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