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From: Dave Garland
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2018 18:05

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On 3/24/2018 11:14 AM, Peter Flass wrote:
> Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>> Yes, running at 4.77 MHz. However, calling the 8088 the "8-bit version
>> of the 8086" is potentially confusing.
>>
>> It had an 8-bit external data bus, but it still had the same registers
>> and instruction set as the 8086; it was still a 16-bit microprocessor.
>>
> 
> I think the Displaywriter used the 8086. I get the processors mixed up,
> since you would expect the 88 to be an improvement on the 86. I know you
> could get CP/M-86 (and UCSD Pascal) for the Displaywriter.
> 
The D'wr did use an 8086. I wanted to say it was 1MHz or 2MHz, but it 
looks like the original 8086 could do 5MHz. We used CP/M-86 and 
Supercalc to run spreadsheets that were too big for an Osborne, but 
performance was sluggish compared to the Oz.

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