Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ames!ncar!gatech!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekgen!tekigm2!timothym From: timothym@tekigm2.TEK.COM (Timothy D Margeson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Intel Coprocessors Keywords: 8087 80287 interchange Message-ID: <3184@tekigm2.TEK.COM> Date: 13 Jul 88 08:13:01 GMT Reply-To: timothym@tekigm2.UUCP (Timothy D Margeson) Distribution: na Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 3 A question was asked: > Can an 80287 be used in place of an 8087 in 8086 and 8088 based systems? An emphatic NO THEY CAN'T is in order......