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On Sat, 30 Aug 2025 03:06:11 -0400, c186282 wrote:

>    Tbe original 8088 had all the needed registers.
>    Could minimum deliver at LEAST an easy 64k code space and at LEAST
>    another 64k data area. A few tricks and .......

They mostly followed the bank switching the Z80s were doing but 
incorporated the memory management into the processor. After all, the i432 
was the REAL answer so why get fancy with the Band-Aid.