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The 8086 was a stopgap, to have something to sell until the 432 was finished. Maybe they wanted it to be an evolutionary dead end, and 16MB address space was t
by hyperman1 3y ago
The 8086 was a stopgap, to have something to sell until the 432 was finished. Maybe they wanted it to be an evolutionary dead end, and 16MB address space was too dangerous? Notice also how the 80186 was PC incompatible.