8080 vs. 8080A

As Gilda Radner used to say on SNL - "nevermind" I read the numbers wrong after a day of reworking 8086 series 5150/5160 machines. -> -----Original Message----- -> From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org -> [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Richard Erlacher -> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 12:49 PM -> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org -> Subject: Re: 8080 vs. 8080A -> -> -> Just WHAT do 8088/8086 features and creatures have to do with the i8080? -> -> Note that OE strips the RICH TEXT/HTML features from the -> outgoing email with a -> simple mouse-click (under FORMAT). Since HTML is anathema to -> some of the list's -> readers, PLEASE turn it OFF. If you didn't have it enabled, it -> wouldn't leak -> through your transmissions. -> -> Dick -> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -> ----- Original Message ----- -> From: Russ Blakeman -> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org -> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 11:26 AM -> Subject: RE: 8080 vs. 8080A -> -> -> Hadn't heard anything of an 8088/86 series bug but I know -> there's a 32 bit -> applications lockup problem in some 386DX-16's and the well -> known floating point -> math problem in the original Pentium series. -> -----Original Message----- -> From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org -> [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On -> Behalf Of John Galt -> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 11:18 AM -> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org -> Subject: 8080 vs. 8080A -> -> -> Can anyone here describe the technical differences between -> an Intel 8080 and Intel 8080A CPU? -> -> The ONLY ref. I have been able to find seems to indicate that -> there was a bug in -> the 8080 and as a result it would only work with low power TTL? -> -> The problem was fixed in the 8080A and it would work with -> standard TTL? -> -> Does this make sense to anyone? -> -> Could anyone put this into laymans terms for me? -> -> Thanks, -> -> George Phillips - gmphillips(a)earthlink.net -> ->