Hideyho Peter,
19 Dec 97 08:11, Peter Magnusson wrote to Scott McNay:
 PM>> 8086 isn't a PC processor ;-)
 SM>> Sure it is.  It just wasn't seen all that often.
 PM> It isn't a IBM-PC processor, that was what I meant.
 PM> Never been sold in IBM-PCs.
 PM> Don't think its opcodes are compatible with other 80x86es.
 PM> The IBM-PC compatible processors from Intel are
 PM> 8088, 80286, 80386, 80486, P5, P5MMX, P6PRO, PII.
 PM> Now those are those that have been used in IBM-PCs.
 PM> I think there are a few others too, like 80186.
 PM> And there's some from other manufactures too.
8086 was in the first IBM XTs.
But then Intel came with the 8088 (the 8086 SX if you wish), which had only 
half the number of bits (of how do you call it) on the bus (so, the 8086 was 
a full 16-bit processor, and the instruction set is exacly the same as the 
8088's).
It's a bit like the 386DX and SX. The DX is a complete 32-bits system, the SX 
is 16 bits externally, and 32bits internally.
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