> : Sorry for being REALLY dumb, but whats an 8088?
>
> Nah, you're just showing how young you are! :-) It's an *ancient*
> (pre-x86)
> Intel microprocessor. It was around when I was at DeVry/Columbus learning
> 8085 assembler language in 1984.

        Actually I'm not that old and no, it was not a pre x86 processor. The 8088
was functionally identical to the 8086 (the first x86 processor) except the
data bus was 8 bits instead of 16 bits (so that 8 bit support parts could be
used instead of the much more expensive and brand new 16 bit parts). The
first PC, the IBM XT had the 8088 processor. The 8087 was it's math
coprocessor. It was actually NEWER than the 8086, but I'm not sure on that
point. TTYL

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