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From: cy5@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Conway Yee)
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Subject: Re: When will the 8088 die?
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In article <2842@polari.UUCP> lsh@polari.UUCP (Lee Hauser) writes:
>The 8088 will die when you can get a 386-33 or similarly speeded 486 system for
>the price of an 8088 system.  

I am not sure I can agree.  If this were to happen, then the 8088 will simply
move onto other uses.  Today, the 8088 is too expensive to put to those
uses. Later, 8088 prices will drop sufficiently that they will become
affordable.

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