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From: wbeebe@bilver.uucp (Bill Beebe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: When will the 8088 die?
Message-ID: <1990Dec20.031455.7226@bilver.uucp>
Date: 20 Dec 90 03:14:55 GMT
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In article <4908@auspex.auspex.com> guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) writes:
>
> >>     Another question... Is it possible to make a chip that is backward
> >>compatible with the 286, but *will not* work on an 8088.  
> >
> >Take a look at the 80376 (I think).  It's only a 32-bit machine, with no
> >protected mode.  No 8086 compatibility.
>
>But the '286 has protected mode and 8086 compatibility, so the 80376 (or
>whatever) doesn't seem to be backward compatible with the '286....

But it _is_ backward compatible with the 80286 in protected, segmented mode.