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Subject: Re: 80186 in a TRS80 - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 13-Dec-83 17:07:04 EST
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By now, everyone has heard the rumors about Microsoft using reserved
locations, thereby making the 186 incompatible with MS-DOS.

But something doesn't jive here.  The Tandy 2000 has a 80186 and
runs under MS-DOS.  Furthermore, they claim to be compatible with
50% of the PC's software.  Hmmm...

Either I'm missing something here (very likely) or some of our information 
has been inaccurate (misinformation on the network?  Unbelievable!)
Has Microsoft rewritten MS-DOS for Tandy so that it doesn't use those
locations?  I can't for the life of me see why it would be such a big
deal for them to make such a change.  Would that hurt anyone other than
the person ripping off a MS-DOS from another machine and trying
to make it work on an 80186?
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					Don Davis
					JHU/APL
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