Come on guys, this is not a PIC topic. Please change the subject line on future posts to [EE]: or [OT]: (for Old Timer) --- James Newton (PICList Admin #3) mailto:jamesnewton@piclist.com 1-619-652-0593 PIC/PICList FAQ: http://www.piclist.com or .org -----Original Message----- From: pic microcontroller discussion list [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Michael Rigby-Jones Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 03:49 To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: [PIC]: Voice synthesis Somewhere at home I have a folder full of old electronics magazine articles that I saved. I'm pretty sure that one of them is for an 8088 embedded system with ROM/RAM etc complete with PCB design. I will try to find it and scan it if you are interested. Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: dr. Imre Bartfai [SMTP:root@PROF.PMMF.HU] > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 11:43 AM > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: Re: [PIC]: Voice synthesis > > Hi, > > I am very interested how to build a minimal 8088 system, so could you tell > us please what another chips are needed. I think of a minimal system with > SRAM and EEPROM, USART. What do I need yet? > > Thank you. > Imre > > > On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Dale Botkin wrote: > > > On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Chris Pringle wrote: > > > > > Wow, I never knew any of that. > > > So, can you still buy 8088s? And, if so, what can they do. Do you need > > > EPROMS for memory? Can they be used in the same way as a PIC can? > > > > Yes, 8088's are still available. > > > > They can do anything an 8086 can do... which is to say, most of what a > > Pentium-III can do, but without the memory management (and way slower). > > 1MB physical address limit, segmented into 64K banks. The chip is a > CPU, > > not an MPU, and has no internal ROM, EPROM, RAM, peripheral functions, > or > > anything other than the processor itself. So no, you ca't use it as a > > single-chip embedded processor, but I've seen designs with as few as 3 > > 40-pin packages. It's more suited to larger and more complex embedded > > tasks or general-purpose computers -- the IBM PC & XT used the 8088, as > > did many other systems. > > > > Dale > > --- > > The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new > > discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny ..." > > -- Isaac Asimov > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > > > > > > > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics