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From: kds@intelca.UUCP (Ken Shoemaker)
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Subject: Re: Re: IBM's new 32 bit machine - not an 80386?
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Date: Mon, 6-Jan-86 05:48:08 EST
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> Software emulation would work OK too, especially if the processor is fast
> enough.  I suspect a 68020 can emulate an 8088 faster than the 8088 (though
> I haven't tried it).  It would be harder to emulate all the code that "knows"

To a point...I doubt that it could emulate the 8088, picking up all the nuances
of the flags on arihmetic operations and still be faster, I mean, it would
have to do nibble arithmetic!
-- 
remember, if you do it yourself, sooner or later you'll need a bigger hammer

Ken Shoemaker, Santa Clara, Ca.
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