In Chapter 6, we made a study of the hardware features of 8086. In Chapter 7, the methods by
which memory and ports are connected to the 8086 have been clarifi ed. One point that should be
clear by now is that the processor is connected to memory and I/O devices through the address/
data and control lines. Remember that the processor is just a computing device. It computes
what is expected of it and transfers it to the outside world – in essence, the outside world is
external to the processor – memory and I/O devices are external to the processor. Memory man-
agement for 8086 is done by using the read and write control signals, and ...
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