Question

What is minimum mode and what is maximum mode 8086?

Answer 1

Answer:

In minimum mode there can be only one processor i.e. 8086. In maximum mode there can be multiple processors with 8086, like 8087 and 8089. MN/MX is 1 to indicate minimum mode. MN/MXis 0 to indicate maximum mode.

Answer 2

$\huge{ \tt{ \underline{ \underline{ \red{Minimum \: mode :}}}}}$

• In minimum mode there can be only one processor i.e. 8086.
• MN/¯MX is 1 to indicate minimum mode. MN/

$\huge{ \tt{ \underline{ \underline{ \red{Maximum \: mode :}}}}}$

• In maximum mode there can be multiple processors with 8086, like 8087 and 8089.
• ¯MXis 0 to indicate maximum mode.