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Subject: Processors
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Date: 5 Dec 88 13:27:29 GMT
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>  using processors I have never heard of.  Thus, one can not say that IBM uses
>  only 8080 microprocessors.  Also, I don't think that 8088 and the 80286 are
>  completely the same chip.

IBM uses the 8086 family, not the 8080.  Big difference, the 8080 is a fairly
primitive 8-bit processor, the 8086 family are all at least 16-bits internally.
(The 8088 is 8-bits externally).

Tom



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Thomas C. Murphy         Worcester Polytechnic Institute CAD Lab
                              Mechanical Engineering Dept.
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