At the risk of stating the obvious, a PC is more than just its processor ... as [GloriousCow] shows us by bus-sniffing the original IBM Model 5150. A little background is perhaps in order.
At the risk of stating the obvious, a PC is more than just its processor ... as [GloriousCow] shows us by bus-sniffing the original IBM Model 5150. A little background is perhaps in order.
Without the 8088 we wouldn't have the likes of the IBM Model 5150 – commonly known as the IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) – which was one of the first machines to use it when it launched in 1981.