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echo: classic_computer
to: WAYNE CHIRNSIDE
from: Dan Ceppa
date: 2005-02-07 14:23:10
subject: Hardware MB question

On 06 Feb 05  12:44:52, WAYNE CHIRNSIDE got back to DAN CEPPA 
-> Re: Hardware MB question

 ->  DC> I'll see what I can to to move it to those 4086 chips!
 
 ->  BK> Which were those? Did they run at half the speed of 8086?
 
 -> No, if I got it right, they had only 1/2 of the "words" 
 -> available to them.  

 WC> Called a "nibble" rather than a byte.

Was it called a nibble before or after byte was used?  


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