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From: max@lever.com (Max J. Rochlin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: Re: Getting a free PS/2
Message-ID: <403@lever.com>
Date: 7 Nov 90 05:09:06 GMT
References: <1990Nov1.120159.20396@ioe.lon.ac.uk>
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From article <1990Nov1.120159.20396@ioe.lon.ac.uk>, by teexmmo@ioe.lon.ac.uk (Matthew Moore):
> (Esa Holmberg) writes:
> 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?

That's easy...the only real difference between the 8088 and the 8086 is that
the the 8086 has a 16 bit data bus and the 8088 has an eight bit databus. 

This means the 8088 based system has to do two fetches for instruction and
needs data, where the 8086 only need s a single fetch.

( For all practical purposes the difference between the 8086 and the 8088
  is the same between a slug and a snail...the slug is still slow as *&$!
  but at least it doesn't has stoopid shell on it's back. )


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