[cctalk] Re: Intel 3086

On Sun, 14 Jun 2026, Johan Helsingius via cctalk wrote: The sole advantage of Intel's approach, is by making each one a hodgepodge of kludges from its predecessor, rather that a thorough redesign from scratch, is that less work was required to modify programs for the next one. Obviously starting over with a complete redesign makes for a much better final product, but longer delays to port software. 8086/8088 binary required VERY few changes to run up through Pentium. Micropro (later Wordstar International) ported Wordstar from 8080 to 8088 in about two weeks! It then took them much longer than that to revise the manuals. (Would using a different word processor have sped that up? :-) -- Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com