Linux fat/bloated

[James Knott]

D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:

> The 186 was a fine re-do of the 8086.  It was a bit faster (shift-by-n
> took 1 cycle instead of n, multiply was much better).  It had a few
> nice new instructions (push immediate was useful).  Nothing too
> dramatic.

No pull immediate?  ;-)


> I own a UNIX machine that used an 8086.  I sped it up by installing a
> NEC V30 CPU.  This had the same pin-out as the 8086 but was
> essentially a 80186 (with a z80 or 8080 mode, I forget which).

I replaced the 8088, in my XT clone, with a V20.  It included an 8080
mode and could run CP/M-80.
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