IBM Personal Computer
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Intel 8088 powered IBM PC launch, sparking 45 years of x86 dominance
Forty-five years ago, the Intel 8088 processor powered the launch of the IBM Personal Computer, marking the beginning of the PC era. Despite being a less powerful, 8-bit version of the Intel 8086, the 8088's lower cost …
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CP/M ported to protected mode; game devs raise $130K for laid-off peers
A new project has successfully ported CP/M, an early operating system popular on 8080 and Z80 computers, to run in protected mode. This development allows the classic OS to function on more modern hardware. Separately, …
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Intel's 8086 CPU launched, founding the dominant x86 architecture
On June 8, 1978, Intel launched the 16-bit 8086 microprocessor, establishing the x86 architecture that still dominates personal computing. This chip was developed as a temporary solution while Intel's more ambitious 32-…
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Microsoft open-sources 45-year-old 86-DOS and PC-DOS source code
Microsoft has released the source code for 86-DOS 1.00 and early versions of PC-DOS 1.00, making historical operating system code available to the public. This release includes the 86-DOS kernel, development snapshots o…