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From: ken@capone.gatech.edu (Ken Seefried iii)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 80186 XT clones
Keywords: Intel, XT, IBM, 80186
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Date: 23 Jul 89 20:06:40 GMT
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In article <1578@bucket.UUCP> leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson) writes:
>lance@helios (Lance Bresee) writes:
>>Does anyone know of a company which produces IBM PCXT
>>clone motherboards using the 80188 or 80186?
>>How about any machine using the 80186?
>
>To the best of my knowledge, the only "186 XT" machine ever made was the
>Tandy 2000. It was *DOS* compatible, but not *BIOS* compatible.
>

WARNING: trivia alert...

Paradyne Corp. produced an XT clone based on the '186 (or '188?), but
I don't know if it ever made it outside of the company.  The PDX, as
it was called had 3270 emulation built in, I think (Tom, you can fill
this in...;')


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