Thanks. I guess what I'm wondering is whether the maximum-mode signals (S0, S1, etc) are somehow more fundamental to the 8086's operation, with the minimum-mode

Thanks. I guess what I'm wondering is whether the maximum-mode signals (S0, S1, etc) are somehow more fundamental to the 8086's operation, with the minimum-mode signals (WR, INTA, ALE etc) being derived from them solely for the benefit of people without an 8288? Put another way, if you could, recursively, delete all the gates in the 8086 which only exist to drive minimum-mode pins, would any remnant of the minimum-mode signals remain for other internal uses?