[cctalk] Re: 8086 history

2023-04-10 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
On Mon, Apr 10, 2023, 8:10 PM Murray McCullough via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > 45 years ago this month Intel revealed the 8086 processor which became x86 > technology that formed the backbone of PC technology. The 8-bit era came to > an end about 7 years later. For classic computing

[cctalk] Re: 8086 history

2023-04-10 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Mon, 10 Apr 2023, Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote: 45 years ago this month Intel revealed the 8086 processor which became x86 technology that formed the backbone of PC technology. The 8-bit era came to an end about 7 years later. For classic computing a new era began. Some might enjoy a