5 Nov
1998
5 Nov
'98
12:42 p.m.
If that would be the case, would it be possible to replace an 8088 with an
8086 to make it faster, or would it not work, because of a possible 8-bit
instead of 16-bit bus on the M/B?
-Jason
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From: Roger Merchberger <zmerch(a)30below.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Classic != IBM AT
Date: Thursday, November 05, 1998 7:38 PM
Yes, to say that the 8088 and 8086 were the same is incorrect, but they
_basically_ had the same core and everything... it was just the data bus
was 8 bit on the 8088 and 16-bit on the 8086. They were fully compatible
program-wise, just that the 8086 was faster as it could push 2x data over
the 8088.
Comparing the 80386 and the Pentium wouldn't be fair, tho. Comparing the
80386SX (with the 16-bit data bus) and the 80386DX (with the 32-bit data
bus) would be a lot better comparison... as again, the chips were fully
compatible, but the DX's were faster due to the larger data bus.
Just the way I seem to remember it...
Roger "Merch" Merchberger