>>This is a funny industry... Intel, who should've dropped 8080 (real mode) compatibility long ago, maintains it. MS, who should strive for backward compatibility does the opposite!
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>Ummm, they dropped support for the 8080 a long time ago. The PC ran on an 8088/86; I haven't even seen anything with 8080 compatibility since the NEC 8088/8086 clones (V20/V30? - contemporary with the 286 chip) with the Z80 instruction set, to make it easier for all of us CP/M-80 types to port over our code...

You're right... my fingers moved faster than my brain on that one. Should've said 8088. And you're right again... v20/v30 are 88/86 clones.

Alex