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From: ong@d.cs.okstate.edu (ONG ENG TENG)
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Subject: Re: When will the 8088 die?
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Date: 2 Dec 90 15:16:00 GMT
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From article <90335.202651F0O@psuvm.psu.edu>, by F0O@psuvm.psu.edu:
> 
>     I've been wondering since the 486 chips are out now, when is intel and
> others going to stop making the 8088?  The 286 is much better then the 8088
> and for all the more a 286 is in price, I would have thought the 8088 would
> be dead by now.

Isn't the 8088 dead already?  I mean, no one with much knowledge of PC will
buy an 8088 system since the motherboard of 286 is now less than $100 (8088
motherboard is about $35, what is $65 difference considering the performance).
Most all addon's like display and drives are the same for both (except the
hard drive controller) price-wise.

Why?  Do you want to pass a law that says selling a 8088 system to an unaware
buyer is illegal (though practically, it should be)?  I still have 3 8088 
systems in my office and working well as terminals and file transfer, etc.
Please don't say its dead other than it should no longer be sold over the
counter...