Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!srcsip!falcon!rogers From: rogers@falcon.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Brynn Rogers) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: 286 BIOS question Message-ID: <26458@srcsip.UUCP> Date: 27 Jul 89 13:29:47 GMT References: <8009@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Sender: news@src.honeywell.COM Reply-To: rogers@falcon.UUCP (Brynn Rogers) Organization: Honeywell Systems & Research Center, Camden, MN Lines: 20 In article <8009@spool.cs.wisc.edu> g-tookey@rocky.CS.WISC.EDU (Richard Schaut) writes: >I wouldn't think of buying a "compatible" without Phoenix. I don't know, >however, if the Phoenix has problems at 20MHz. >BTW are you aware that Intel does NOT warrant the 80286 for anything >beyond 12.5 MHz? Those who sell 20 MHz 286's field test them at that >speed for a period of time, and if nothing goes wrong they call it a >20 MHz CPU. I would want to know EVERYTHING about how a particular >machine was tested before plunking down any bucks on it. Right. Intel doesn't want anything to compete with it's 386. Harris has been shipping 80286's rated for 16Mhz and 20Mhz for some time, and 25Mhz 80286's are just hitting the streets. Intel has not been happy with harris as a result of this, plus the fact that Harris parts are cheaper [at least for comparable speeds]. Second sourcing is a wonderful thing, now somebody needs to second source 80386 or 80486 parts. Brynn Rogers Honeywell S&RC rogers@src.honeywell.com 612-782-7737 use this address if your reply bounces