Re: Genuine question!
-- I thought I was the only person on the planet who knew about it's existance. --
You, me, and all the wannabe PCjr cloners who heard the rumors that "peanut" would be 80188-based and pre-bought carloads. Than someone noticed that PC-DOS used "reserved for future expansion" interrupts as system calls, and Intel had assigned them to things like the on-board DMA engine. Other rumors suggest that IBM (and only IBM) were allowed to return their 80188s for credit on the 8088s they ended up using, but I was never a Rat Mouth confidante and as my Gran used to say upon hearing a rumor "Were you there?" Nope.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
