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Why does it call the processors the 886, 8286, 8386?
by krallja 5y ago
Why does it call the processors the 886, 8286, 8386?
- galangalalgol 5y agoThat is a good question, maybe they had only heard it spoken, so they thought it was 83 86 instead of 8086,80386 etc.
- agumonkey 5y agoIn France, 80386 was often read 80-3-86 (same for 80-2-86). And eigty SPC three === eighty three.
- makapuf 5y agoNever heard of it that way in france with my friends, for me it was always 80-86, 80-88 or just 386 or 286 (or 80-286 if you wanted to sound technical).
- shadowofneptune 5y agoNo, the book introduces these serial numbers as idealized versions of the processors. It allows the reader, who is treated as a beginner to processors, to develop a mental model of them without any complications. The edge cases, pitfalls, and issues of the true processors are revealed over the course of the book. Not sure about the merits of calling the ideal processors by special names.
- djur 5y agoThey're simplified hypothetical variants of the x86 processors, according to one chapter.
- krallja 5y agoAh, I see it in Section 3.3: http://www.phatcode.net/res/223/files/html/Chapter_3/CH03-3.html#HEADING3-1 http://www.phatcode.net/res/223/files/html/Chapter_3/CH03-3....