Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!Nemnich@mit-multics From: Nemnich%mit-multics@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: The 8086 -- An Architecture for the Future [??] Message-ID: <2394@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Jun-83 13:18:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.2394 Posted: Tue Jun 21 13:18:00 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Jun-83 20:20:12 EDT Lines: 18 From: Bruce NemnichI did not mean to say the 8086 is better or worse than the iAPX86; indeed, that is silly. The April issue had an article on the 186 and the 286, the latter of which, to my understanding, greatly expands the 8086 architecture. The June article doesn't even mention the existance of the iAPX series, or any other 16-bit architecture. It seems to view the 8086 as a great new development, and it supports its claim by demonstrating how much better it is than the first- and second-generation 8-bit chips. In light of the MC68000 and NS16000 series, that seems anachronistic. I don't wish to put down Intel; the 8086 *was* a big step forward. It just seemed to me the 8086 article was a leftover from several years ago. --bjn