Re: HP hostility to alpha holding back itanium?

From: Bob Kaplow (kaplow_r_at_encompasserve.org.TRABoD)
Date: 05/05/05


Date: 5 May 2005 11:51:20 -0500

In article <slrnd7ivfe.4tp.rivie@Stench.no.domain>, Roger Ivie <rivie@ridgenet.net> writes:
> On 2005-05-04, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> wrote:
>> Sorry. The original 8086 was nothing more than a fancy toy controller,
>> 16 bit CPU with 8 bit bus,
>
> The original 8086 had a 16-bit bus. It was the cut down 8088 that had
> the 8-bit bus.
>
>> And not long after the
>> 8086 came the vax with full 32 bit addressing

When was the 8086 first released? I don't recall seeing 8086 based stuff on
the market until AFTER the VAX and VMS.

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