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Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
Date: Tuesday, 4 Dec 1990 18:35:00 EST
From: Iain Holness <HOLNESSI@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Message-ID: <90338.183501HOLNESSI@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: When will the 8088 die?
References:  <90335.202651F0O@psuvm.psu.edu>

       As others have said, as long as there is a need for a chip
  that is presently being manufactured, it will continue to be
  manufactured. Funny that you haven't mentioned the 80186 at
  all. It too is being used for things other than that of being
  a main processor in a computer.

       This thread is another example of not seeing the forest
  for the trees. Why kill the 8086 when it can be used to improve
  efficiency in a device extraneous to the PC environment ? That
  logic keeps such _outdated_ technology on the market, as in
  other fields, the _outdated_ technology's time has only just
  begun.

     Iain