[geeks] Photo "sharing" site recemondations please.

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm at mendelson.com>
>Date: 2008/04/28 Mon PM 11:59:16 CDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] Photo "sharing" site recemondations please.

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>One of the cheap upgrades for the 8088 computers was to replace
>the processor with a drop in NEC compatible chip. Not only was it cheaper
>and faster, also ran the 8080 instruction set, so you could boot CPM
>and run your old apps.

I am 99 44/100th percent positive the 8088 was compatible with the 8080 
instruction set - it could also run 8008 code (if you had any) if I remember 
correctly. This was Intel showing they learned the lesson of the IBM 360 
series and the value of a consistent instruction set.

Lionel