Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site nmtvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!lanl-a!unm-ivax!nmtvax!tim From: tim@nmtvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: T11 and 8088 comparison Message-ID: <419@nmtvax.UUCP> Date: Sun, 31-Jul-83 15:04:17 EDT Article-I.D.: nmtvax.419 Posted: Sun Jul 31 15:04:17 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Aug-83 18:22:46 EDT References: <3520@sri-arpa.UUCP> Organization: New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM Lines: 34 In a recent article to the net someone compared the T11 and 8088 in the Dec 350 and Rainbow respectively. I'm not sure but I think one of the instruction timings was off. Were it compares: T11 ADD R0,(R1) 2.8us the 8088 timing for this is (5mhz) ADD BX,(SI) 18cycles or 3.4us not 5.8us This shows the 8088 is very close in speed for simple operations like add and subtract. An 8086 would have a wider memory bus and would