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From: bt455s39@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Carmen Hardina)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.intel
Subject: 80186 (Was: Re: When will the 8088 die?)
Summary: UNIX boxes have been based upon the 186
Keywords: unix sci intel
Message-ID: <10624@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
Date: 12 Dec 90 22:27:12 GMT
References: <2842@polari.UUCP> <1990Dec5.184958.26371@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <853@pdxgate.UUCP> <1990Dec7.145839.2703@mentor.gandalf.ca>
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In article <1990Dec7.145839.2703@mentor.gandalf.ca> dcarr@mentor.gandalf.ca (Dave Carr) writes:
>Talk about people unclear on the concept.  The 80186(8) were intended for the EMBEDDED
>market.  We use the 80186 extensively in our comm products.  
[....]
>The only vendor I know that tried one in a PC was Tandy !  For the job it was designed for,
>I stand behind the 80186 any day !
[....]

SCI used the 80186 as the primary CPU in their SCI 1000 Tower system a few
years ago.  The system had a backplane and was not a peecee.  It ran AT&T
UNIX System III quite well.  To this day it will smoke a 286 peecee running
UNIX in a multiuser environment.

carmen

P.S.  Does anyone have an Intel 310 or 320 they want to get rid of?