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Article #21820Re: IBM PC prehistory (was Japanese Jos
From: gillies
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1989 01:38
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1989 01:38
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> Fairly late in the design they decided to go with a 16-bit chip and at the > time the 8088 was the only 16 bit processor that would run on an 8 bit bus. My understanding was that 8086's cost $50+, but 8088's cost $25-$30, so they adopted the 8088.
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