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From: Barry Peterson <bmpete_at_swbell.net>
Date: Thu Mar 12 01:48:01 1998

On Wed, 11 Mar 1998 23:33:11 -0500, you said:

<snip>

>I may add the 8089 was no fun to use.

I went to an Intel class (1986, IIRC, titled "Microprocessor Base
Architecture") which was based on the 8086 & 8088.
The instructor voiced the same opinion, and praised the 80286.
I vaguely recall that the 80186 is a 8086-8089 marriage.?.?
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Barry Peterson bmpete_at_swbell.net
Husband to Diane, Father to Doug,
Grandfather to Zoe and Tegan.
Received on Thu Mar 12 1998 - 01:48:01 GMT