Sorry, the 8088 is the 8-bit version of the 8086, and is definitely an x86 processor. It was the CPU used in the original IBM PC. Douglas Wood Software Engineer dbwood@kc.rr.com Home of the EPICIS Development System for the PIC and SX http://epicis.piclist.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Liske" To: Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 5:22 AM Subject: Re: [PIC]: Voice synthesis > Hi, > > : 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. > > David Liske > Microsoft HTML Help MVP since 1999 > http://mvps.org/htmlhelpcenter/ > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu