29 Dec
1998
29 Dec
'98
9:44 a.m.
Tim Hotze wrote:
But I see your point... but remember, before being
used on the IBM PC the
8088 had been on the market for 3 years, and probably in OEM's hands a year
before that.
The 8086 had been around that long, the 8088 was done at IBM's
request -- the marketing concept worked well enough that the later
SX processors were done on purpose.
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