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From: msschaa@cs.vu.nl (Schaap MS)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: /286 processor speeds:question
Message-ID: <4561@draak.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 16 Nov 89 16:16:19 GMT
References: <3492@vax1.tcd.ie> <270@peyote.cactus.org>
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In article <270@peyote.cactus.org> woan@peyote.cactus.org (Ronald S. Woan) writes:
>
>The 8 MHz '286 system will run about twice as fast as any of the 8088
>based systems at the same clock rate because of its 16 vs. 8-bit datapath.

I have a 8086. Does this mean that it is also twice as fast
as a 8088?