Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!canterbury.ac.nz!phys169
From: phys169@canterbury.ac.nz
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: processor for graphics terminal [was: PC/AT clones with RISC cpu]
Message-ID: <1990Nov12.121234.9742@canterbury.ac.nz>
Date: 11 Nov 90 23:12:33 GMT
References: <2081@aber-cs.UUCP> <0093F0E4.0B02A980@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU>  <0093F67E.F8E473A0@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU>
Organization: University of Canterbury
Lines: 10

In article <0093F67E.F8E473A0@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU>, sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney) writes:

> Anything which runs on a 80286 can (97.5% of the time) run on a 8088, albeit
> slower. 

Some new software (like big speedsheets and DTP-type stuff) needs a 286 or
better. But the main thing is having 16-bit slots for some cards. Any software
that runs well enough on an 8088 is old and/or trivial! ;-)

Mark Aitchison.