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From: gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: IBM PC prehistory (was Japanese Jos
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Date: 24 Dec 89 01:38:29 GMT
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> Fairly late in the design they decided to go with a 16-bit chip and at the
> time the 8088 was the only 16 bit processor that would run on an 8 bit bus.

My understanding was that 8086's cost $50+, but 8088's cost $25-$30,
so they adopted the 8088.