Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:4287 comp.sys.intel:1502 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!clarkson!grape.ecs.clarkson.edu!nelson From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: When will the 8088 die? Message-ID: Date: 3 Dec 90 03:32:39 GMT References: <90335.202651F0O@psuvm.psu.edu> Sender: @grape.ecs.clarkson.edu Reply-To: nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu (aka NELSON@CLUTX.BITNET) Organization: Clarkson University, Potsdam NY Lines: 17 In-Reply-To: F0O@psuvm.psu.edu's message of 2 Dec 90 01:26:51 GMT In article <90335.202651F0O@psuvm.psu.edu> F0O@psuvm.psu.edu writes: I've been wondering since the 486 chips are out now, when is intel and others going to stop making the 8088? Intel is a corporation. By nature, they seek to maximize their profit. So, the question you're asking is, "When people stop buying 8088s?" And the answer to *that* question is "when they cease to be useful." So, when would an 8088 motherboard cease to be useful? When the price/performance ratio decreases below that needed for a particular application. In other words, it's very hard to answer your question, because there are as many applications as there are people to think of them. -- --russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu]) FAX 315-268-7600 It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear -- Freeman Dyson I joined the League for Programming Freedom, and I hope you'll join too.