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From: Gareths Downstairs Computer
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 13:09

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On 25/03/2018 13:40, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> On 2018-03-24 16:56, Quadibloc 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.
> 
> Yes, the bus was multiplexed.
> 
> They used a similar trick with the 80386SX, IIRC: 32 bit inside, 16 bit bus.
> 

And how well off we low level aficionados felt with the 386SX!

Even more so with the 64 bit processors now that segments are
dispensed with leaving us only with the more traditional
(Manchester Atlas??) paging.

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