Comment Comment by raverbashing NoNo, it wasn'tIt's the "great idea" that sounds great 5 min in and horrible 10min afterwardsYou know, kinda like using null as a string end characterBut more importantly it kept the x86 world for too long in that dead end that was 8086 mode programming"Oh if developers would just..." They won't. They haven't. And they will not ever.In hindsight maybe a binary level translator from 8080 to 8086 would have worked better (and be simple enough) parent raverbashing 4 months ago
No, it wasn't
It's the "great idea" that sounds great 5 min in and horrible 10min afterwards
You know, kinda like using null as a string end character
But more importantly it kept the x86 world for too long in that dead end that was 8086 mode programming
"Oh if developers would just..." They won't. They haven't. And they will not ever.
In hindsight maybe a binary level translator from 8080 to 8086 would have worked better (and be simple enough)