Hideyho Scott,
23 Dec 97 03:28, Scott McNay wrote to Martijn van de Streek:
 SM> As I recall hearing (reading ;), the 8086 indeed came out before the 
8088,
 SM> but it was never used in an XT or PC.
Well, I have one here. (see below :)
 SM> If the 8086 was in the original XT's and Intel THEN came out with the
 SM> 8088, then that implies that the PC's must have come with the 8086 also,
 SM> which is certainly incorrect; I've seen MANY 8088 CPU's; I don't recall
 SM> ever seeing a 8086, even in those PS/2's that came with them (very 
compact
 SM> design; the display electonics were pretty much in the way of everything
 SM> when working on the guts, as I recall)
I've seen some of them (I even have a portable IBM [portable in the sense of 
'is twas made to be transported', 1mx1mx30cm] with a 8086).
It is true that there are only a few 8086s, because IBM went to the cheaper 
(and later also faster than 4,77MHz) 8088s
The processor reported to exist, but which I've never seen is a 80186. It 
must have been succeeded by the 286 too soon.
Thatwasall,      ˙˙˙                      [ TwEaKr ^ The Attic People˙]
Martijn                                   [ tweakr@infinity.xs4all.nl ]
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