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JT

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Oct 21, 2015, 3:50:08 PM10/21/15
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Intel 8088 microprocessor was released in 1979. What device used the 8088 before 8088 was chosen for IBM PC 5150 in 1981 ?

Charles Richmond

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Jul 9, 2016, 8:13:42 AM7/9/16
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"JT" <tse...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Intel 8088 microprocessor was released in 1979. What device used the 8088
> before 8088 was chosen for IBM PC 5150 in 1981 ?

As I recall, *very* few chose the 8088 processor... because of the
segmentation of memory and the cumbersomeness of that model of memory
organization.

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