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From: storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: 8088 vs 8086
Message-ID: <1991Jun21.030948.10951@cs.mcgill.ca>
Date: 21 Jun 91 03:09:48 GMT
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Could somebody please tell me the difference between the 8088 and the 8086
processors..?

Obviously, both are 16bit processors, but is the width of the data bus the 
only difference between them...?

Which was developed first, and why is it that the 386 and 486 chips create 
virtual 8086s instead of virtual 8088s...?

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