Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!educ-isis!teexmmo From: teexmmo@ioe.lon.ac.uk (Matthew Moore) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware Subject: Re: Getting a free PS/2 Message-ID: <1990Nov1.120159.20396@ioe.lon.ac.uk> Date: 1 Nov 90 12:01:59 GMT Reply-To: teexmmo@ioe.lon.ac.uk (Matthew Moore) Organization: Institute of Education University of London Lines: 10 (Esa Holmberg) writes: > > Once more.. PS/2 model 30 has 8086, not 8088, and > model 30-H has 80286.. Perhaps the reason that people make this dreadful mistake is that they dont know what the difference between an Intel 8088 and 8086 is. If its not too much trouble, could you tell us what the differenc eis, and why its important?