Some senseless babbling from Jonathan Michaels to Mike Ruskai
on 08 Apr 98  12:08:48 about Motherboards and os/2...
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 MR > well with both.  Furthermore, DOS has never been 8-bit.  It was
 MR > first written for the Intel 8086 16-bit processor by Seattle
 MR > Computer Products.
 JM> the intel 8086 was a competitor for the much bettter and costly 68b09e
 JM> that was a 16 bit internal and 8 bit EXTERNAL data path, this being the
 JM> liniting factor of its usefullness and processing ability. the intel
 JM> chip is also a 16 bit chip internally abd a 8 bit 
The 8088 had the 8-bit external datapath.  The 8086, for which DOS was 
first written, has a 16-bit external datapath.  Regardless, an external 
datapath doesn't affect the internal nature of the CPU.  It's a performance 
issue, not a code issue.
Mike Ruskai SA/AG #1106
thanny@home.com
... But how do we know your the REAL Angel of Death?
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