Microsoft and Unix/Linux (Myths and IP)

[Charles philip Chan]

On 30 Dec 2006, james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org wrote:

> Another option was p-code or similar.  However, I never heard of
> anyone using it.

Never heard of anyone using it either.

> It would have been either an 8088 or 8086 daughter board, as the 8080
> wouldn't run DOS.  Incidentally, I upgraded my XT clone, by replacing
> the 8088 with a V20, which not only delivered better performance than
> the 8088, but could also directly run 8080 code, including CP/M.

You are right, it was an 8088.

Charles

-- 
printk("Penguin %d is stuck in the bottle.\n", i);
        linux-2.0.38/arch/sparc/kernel/smp.c
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