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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Sat, 7-Jun-86 18:22:00 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun  7 18:22:00 1986
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>	The 8088 is cheep.  It only has an 8 bit bus so the support 
>hardware is cheep.  There are far more programs for the IBM-PC (/XT) then
>there are for the AT (and the XT uses an 8088).  I would go with an 8088
>for those reasons also. 

I agree it is cheaper, but the 8086 is upward compatible with the 8088.
Look at the Olivetti box (AT&T 6300, Xerox 606x), it has a faster 8086,
but is PC compatible... at least 99.9999999%!

Ray