->> -> Re: Hardware MB question

->>  GG>> would love it if it contained more discussion of
older computers
->> rather
->>  GG>> than car and automotive industry talk.
->>
->>  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.

 Dang! I remember those now.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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