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From: smsmith@hpuxa.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M. Smith)
Subject: Re: Question about different 386's ...  (OK...I blew it)
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kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley) writes:
>smsmith@hpuxa.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M. Smith) writes:
>>Also, most MSDOS programs are not 16-bit.  They are 8-bit.  How
>>else do you think I've been running them on my XT??????
>
>Close, but no cigar.  The 8086/8088 (and 80186/80188/80286) are *all*
>16-bit CPUs.  The 8086/80186/80286 have 16-bit data busses, while the
>8088/80188 have 8-bit data busses.  Too bad Intel didn't follow their
>own convention and call the 386SX an 80388 :-)
>
>BTW, all MSDOS programs *are* 16-bit programs because they run in 16-bit
>(and 32-bit) CPUs.  

Yes, that's correct.  Oops.

Stephen Smith