Acckkghtually, if you go back far enough you end up at the Datapoint 2200. If you want to understand where some of the crazier parts of the 8086 originate from,

Acckkghtually, if you go back far enough you end up at the Datapoint 2200. If you want to understand where some of the crazier parts of the 8086 originate from, Ken Shirriff has a nice read: http://www.righto.com/2023/08/datapoint-to-8086.html http://www.righto.com/2023/08/datapoint-to-8086.html