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From: jensting@skinfaxe.diku.dk (Jens Tingleff)
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Subject: Re: Why IBM went for the 8088 -- The Untold Story (8086 clones)
Keywords: S100 IEEE-696 SC-DOS Seattle MS-DOS IBM_PC
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Date: 29 May 90 06:31:05 GMT
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bmw@isgtec.UUCP (Bruce Walker) writes:

>In article <4790@pegasus.ATT.COM> dmt@pegasus1.ATT.COM (Dave Tutelman) writes:
>> 	Does anyone know of any other 8086-based XT clones (not made by
>> 	Olivetti), or is this the only counter-example to Ian's
>> 	statement?

The Amstrad/Schneider PC line started out with some 8086 based XTs. As
this is mainly a european / english effort, people in the USA may not
have herd of Amstrad/Schneider.

	Jens

jensting@diku.dk is
Jens Tingleff MSc EE, Research Assistent at DIKU
	Institute of Computer Science, Copenhagen University
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