1 Jun
2014
1 Jun
'14
12:20 p.m.
I recall that the 80186 had an interrupt conflict with MS-DOS.
Michael Holley
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[...]. 80186/80286 dual-CPU machine, [...].
Completely and utterly
different hardware--was constructed to run Xenix for the 80286, with
the 80186 doing I/O work. I can't think of a single PC-compatible
compatible aspect.
The 80286 and 80186 were actually used in IBM PCs of various generations,
were they not? If so, the basic instruction set would be a PC-compatible
aspect, would it not?
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