Hideyho Scott,
25 Dec 97 20:09, Scott McNay wrote to Martijn van de Streek:
 SM>> As I recall hearing (reading ;), the 8086 indeed came out before the
 SM>> 8088, but it was never used in an XT or PC.
 MvdS>> Well, I have one here. (see below :)
 SM> As I said to Auke, I meant to say *IBM* XT or PC.
It is an IBM (at least, there are three letters on the fromt: IBM)
 MvdS>> I've seen some of them (I even have a portable IBM [portable
 MvdS>> in the sense of 'is twas made to be transported',
 MvdS>> 1mx1mx30cm] with a 8086).
 SM> Hmmm... interesting... but was it an XT or a PC, or something else?
 SM>  I hadn't considered that one of those; I was thinking of ordinary
 SM> desktop systems.
The manual says: 'IBM PC/XT 8086'
And the disks that came with it too.
 MvdS>> The processor reported to exist, but which I've never seen
 MvdS>> is a 80186. It must have been succeeded by the 286 too soon.
 SM> I've never seen one either, probably because it was designed for
 SM> embedded systems.
Aah.
Strange.
A whole series for PC use, and one of them is different.
Thatwasall,      ˙˙˙                      [ TwEaKr ^ The Attic People˙]
Martijn                                   [ tweakr@infinity.xs4all.nl ]
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