8086 (was Re: more talking to the press.)

From: Peter C. Wallace <pcw_at_mesanet.com>
Date: Sat Nov 15 20:51:37 2003

On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner wrote:

> It was thus said that the Great Fred N. van Kempen once stated:
> >
> > On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner wrote:
> >
> > > I don't think there were any opcode difference between the 8086 and 8088,
> > > but there was a prefetch queue length difference that was easily testable
> > > with some self-modifying code.
> > I meant between the V20 and the 8088.
>
> Oh. The V20 supported 80186 opcodes (two being pusha and popa if I
> recall).
>
> -spc (Been maybe 8-10 years since I've done serious assembly work)
>
>
>


Plus the ever popular 8080 mode...

Peter Wallace
Received on Sat Nov 15 2003 - 20:51:37 GMT

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