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From: Jon_Wolf@amicol.UUCP (Jon Wolf)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: New Thread: What _REALLY_ makes a product successful?
Message-ID: <Jon_Wolf.3238@amicol.UUCP>
Date: 4 Jun 91 23:40:43 GMT
Organization: Amiga Colony BBS
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>The reason for the 8088 processor was simply because at the time the PC was
>designed, the biggest expense was in the support chips, NOT the processor.
>The PC designers made reasonable choices in the technical environment of the
>time.

Not so. The reason the 8088 was used in the IBM PC was that IBM had seat a
deadline on getting the PeeCee out to market. Intel & Motorola were comming
out with the 8088 & 68000. IBM was backing the 68000. But due to IBM's
deadline on the PeeCee, they could not wait for the 68000 to be out in full
production. The 68000 was only out in small sample quantities. If IBM had
waited 30 days, they would have used the 68000.

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