10 Apr
2023
10 Apr
'23
5:10 p.m.
45 years ago this month Intel revealed the 8086 processor which became x86
technology that formed the backbone of PC technology. The 8-bit era came to
an end about 7 years later. For classic computing a new era began.
Happy computing.
Murray 🙂
10 Apr
10 Apr
5:18 p.m.
On Mon, 10 Apr 2023, Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote:
45 years ago this month Intel revealed the 8086
processor which became x86
technology that formed the backbone of PC technology. The 8-bit era came to
an end about 7 years later. For classic computing a new era began.
Some might enjoy a little bit about the internals of the 8086:
https://www.righto.com/2023/03/8086-register-codes.html
https://www.righto.com/search/label/8086
(third party reverse engineering; not Intel internal documents)
5:35 p.m.
On Mon, Apr 10, 2023, 8:10 PM Murray McCullough via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
45 years ago this month Intel revealed the 8086
processor which became x86
technology that formed the backbone of PC technology. The 8-bit era came to
an end about 7 years later. For classic computing a new era began.
Happy computing.
Murray 🙂
Murray
I think that's a great way to put things, agreed.
Bill
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