On Thursday, Feb 26, 2004, at 15:45 US/Pacific, Bill Couture wrote: >> Anyone recall the >> 8086 with the FPU and 8089 enhancements to the instruction set? > > you mean there is someone besides me who even REMEMBERS the 8089? > I still have one. :-) Intel pretty much invented the co-processor. I thought it was pretty brilliant, actually. BillW -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads