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Detecting CPU Type
8088,80188,V20 six byte prefetch queue, allows use of self
modifying code to determine length of prefetch
8086,80186,V30 four byte prefetch queue, allows use of self
modifying code to determine length of prefetch
8088,8086,80188,81086,v20,v30 Flag register bits 12
through 15 cannot be cleared
8088,8086 will shift left or right using all 8 bits of CL
if CL = 33, register is guaranteed to be cleared
80188,80186,80286,80386 will shift left or right using only
lower 5 bits of CL. If CL = 32, the shift will not occur
80286,80386 earlier CPUs decremented SP before a PUSH SP,
but 286+ pushes the value first then, decrements SP
8088,8086 non-zero multiplication result clears zero flag
V20,V30 non-zero multiplication result does not clear zero
flag, set ZF before multiply, and test after, if it's
still set, then it's a V20, V30
80286 allows setting of bit 15 of the flags register
80386 allows setting of bits 12 through 14 of flags register
- source PC Tech Journal, "Chips In Transition", April 1986 |
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