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The start of x86: Intel 8080 vs Intel 8086?
Why is it said that all modern Intel processors of the x86 family are said to descend from the Intel 8086 and not the Intel 8080? From the Wikipedia article on the Intel 8086,
The 8086 gave rise to ...
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What exactly were those 808X computers that would switch to 80386 upon Ctrl-Alt-Del?
A while ago I've been told that some generic-brand PC, (yet packed on an IBM5150 case) had the ability to become a 80386 upon pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del (warm reboot) ?
I guess there might have been (for ...
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