The
Intel 80286 (officially called iAPX 286) is a 16-
bit microprocessor that allows up to 16
megabytes of
RAM. On
DOS machines these can only be used via [extended memory]
? emulation. The
Intel 8086 by contrast is only able to address 1 megabyte of RAM. The clock speed is between 6 and 20 MHz. Itīs successor is the
Intel 80386.
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