Intel 8089

The Intel 8089 input/output coprocessor was available for use with the 8086/8088 central processor. It was announced in May 1979, but the price was not available at that time.^[1] It used the same programming technique as 8087 for input/output operations, such as transfer of data from memory to a peripheral device, and so reducing the load on the CPU. This I/O processor was available in July 1979 for US$194.20 in quantities of 100 or more.^[2] Intel second sourced this coprocessor to Fujitsu Limited.^[3]

Pinout of Intel 8089

Because IBM didn't use it in IBM PC design, it did not become well known; later I/O-coprocessors did not keep the x89 designation the way math coprocessors kept the x87 designation. It was used in the Apricot PC and the Intel Multibus iSBC-215 Hard disk drive controller.^[4] It was also used in the Altos 586 multi-user computer.^[5] Intel themselves used the 8089 in their reference designs (which they also commercialized) as System 86.^[6]

Peripherals

• Intel 8282/8283: 8-bit latch
• Intel 8284: clock generator
• Intel 8286/Intel 8287: bidirectional 8-bit driver. Both Intel I8286/I8287 (industrial grade) version were available for US$16.25 in quantities of 100.^[7]
• Intel 8288: bus controller
• Intel 8289: bus arbiter

Literature and datasheets

• 8089 Assembler Users Guide; Intel 1979
• 8089 8 & 16-Bit HMOS I/O Processor; Intel 1980
• John Atwood, Dave Ferguson: Debugging Strategies And Considerations For 8089 Systems Archived 2021-08-29 at the Wayback Machine, Application Note (AP-50), September 1979, Intel Corporation.
• Jim Nadir: Designing 8086, 8088, 8089 Multiprocessing System With The 8289 Bus Arbiter Archived 2021-08-29 at the Wayback Machine, Application Note (AP-51), März 1979, Intel Corporation.
• Robin Jigour: Prototyping with the 8089 I/O Processor, Application Note (AP-89), Mai 1980, Order number AFN 01153A, Intel Corporation.
• Hard Disk Controller Design Using the 8089, Application Note (AP-122), Order number 210202-001, Intel Corporation.
• Graphic CRT Design Using the Intel 8089, Application Note (AP-123), Intel Corporation.

References

1. Intel Corporation, "Microcomputer Components: Intel Introduces the 8089 IOP, an I/O processor for the advanced 8088/8086 CPU family, the first of a series of new subsystem components", Intel Preview, May/June 1979, p. 7.
2. Intel Corporation, "8089 Price Announcement", Intel Preview, July/August 1979, p. 25.
3. Intel Corporation, "NewsBits: Second Source News", Solutions, January/February 1985, P. 1
4. "Hardware manual" (PDF). Intel. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
5. Review: Altos 586. InfoWorld. 7 November 1983. pp. 89–90. ISSN 0199-6649.
6. "Introduction to the System 86/360 and System 86/330A Microcomputer Systems" (PDF). bitsavers. Intel. 1983. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
7. 8086 Available for industrial environment, Intel Preview Special Issue: 16-Bit Solutions, Intel Corporation, May/June 1980, p. 29.