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Small nitpick but the 8086 and 8088 had a 20-bit address space.
by Narishma 7y ago
Small nitpick but the 8086 and 8088 had a 20-bit address space.
- Animats 7y agoNot really. 16 bit addresses with a kludge to get to 20 bits, but not in a straightforward way.
- Narishma 7y agoI don't think it matters how it's achieved.
- rbanffy 7y agoOh well... This brings me back memories. The way it's achieved may not matter much with a 4 GHz multi-core CPU running a multitasking OS, but having to deal with 16-bit pointers and segmented memory in a 4.77 MHz 8086/8 was a huge pain I felt in the flesh. Most compilers wouldn't even deal with that mess.