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ARCHITECTURE OF 8085
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Question
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Which type of CPU was used in the first IBM personal computer?
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16-bit
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8-bit
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32-bit
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All answers are correct
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The 16-Bit Personal Computer Era IBM entered the personal computer market in 1981, announcing the IBM PC, which ran on the Intel 16-bit 8088 microprocessor. Its operating system was PC-DOS, which was equivalent to Microsoft’s MS-DOS.
Detailed explanation-2: -One of the big decisions IBM made in creating the original IBM PC was choosing to use the Intel 8088(Opens in a new window) processor as its central processing unit (CPU).
Detailed explanation-3: -They went to Microsoft for the operating system (QDOS, renamed PC-DOS and later sold by Microsoft as MS-DOS) and to Intel ® for its 8088 processor. They chose an existing monitor from IBM Japan and a dot-matrix printer by Epson.
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