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Subject: Re: When will the 8088 die?
Message-ID: <1990Dec12.191633.17788@bbt.se>
Date: 12 Dec 90 19:16:33 GMT
References: <1990Dec5.184958.26371@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1990Dec7.145839.2703@mentor.gandalf.ca> <9334@latcs1.oz.au>
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In article <9334@latcs1.oz.au> kevin@latcs1.oz.au (Kevin James Bertram) writes:
>In article <1990Dec7.145839.2703@mentor.gandalf.ca>, dcarr@mentor.gandalf.ca (Dave Carr) writes:
>> 
>> 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 !
>> 
>Yes, just to digress, Earth computers (now terran) produced an 80186 pc
>which used a serial console rather than CGA etc. Had it for 5 years and has
>been working like a charm. I've found no obvious faults with the 186.

STM also produced one based on the 80186 chip. This was probably the
first portable clone with an 80x25 LCD screen. I used to have one. It
was completely different on everything, probably because they were
afraid of getting sued by IBM (as beeing one of the first clone
makers). Different CPU, different serial chip, different floppy
controller chip, different keyboard scan codes, and so the list goes
on.