BillPg] has been designing a fantasy 1980s-era home computer. As part of the exercise, he’s reevaluating all the assumptions that have grown organically over time in the small computer ...
Recap: Intel introduced its first x86 processor architecture in 1978 with the 8086 microprocessor. A few years later, the company made history again with the 80286 – a CPU so successful that it ...
OK, I have a very old laptop. My question is did the 386DX have a math coprocessor? I"m not entirely sure that the "DX" stood for math copro or not. The reason for this question is that I have a 486 ...
Rather than using IBM proprietary components developed for their many other computers, the IBM PC used industry standard commercial parts. That included adopting the Intel 8088 microprocessor as the ...
Obviously, the IBM PC came from IBM, but that simplistic statement hardly tells the story of how IBM’s PC—introduced in 1981—changed the way people use computers. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of ...
Rather than using IBM proprietary components developed for their many other computers, the IBM PC used industry standard commercial parts. That included adopting the Intel 8088 microprocessor as the ...