CPU Characteristics / Determination
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 CPU's 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 see BIBLIO reference to PC Tech Journal, "Chips In Transition", April 1986