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To: jonkai who wrote (33571)6/3/2002 2:30:30 AM
From: Jeff Hayden  Read Replies (1) of 213177
 
the 8088 is exactly the same as the 8086 except for INTC made it cheaper by making a minor change.... the 8088 is considered a LESS POWERFUL processor

That's for sure! I remember clearly (mainly because I thought it was nuts) that IBM asked Intel for the 8088 version (Intel only offered the 8086 at first) just to save 8 lousy data bus pins on the packages - gotta save them pennies you know. IBM took one of the better chips of the time and choked it. The 8088 wasn't much better than the older 8080.
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