At 18.45 26/02/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Alan B. Pearce wrote:
>
>> And then in the MAXQ strengths, they list "prefixable opcode allows a simple
>> means for instruction set extensions or enhancements". Anyone recall the
>> 8086 with the FPU and 8089 enhancements to the instruction set?
>
>Gads, you mean there is someone besides me who even REMEMBERS the 8089?

Wasn't the 8089 an I/O chip?

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