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From: geoffs@brl-tgr.ARPA (Geoffrey Sauerborn )
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Subject: Re: demise of 8086 family?
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Date: Wed, 12-Jun-85 08:27:22 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 12 08:27:22 1985
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In article <120@SCINEWS.UUCP> ned@SCINEWS.UUCP writes:
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>Perhaps the 8086 was a stop-gap for IBM.  They needed to get into the
>micro market in a hurry or they would have risked being too late....

	I wonder if there is such a thing as too late for IBM. If they
had waited until today to come out with a micro, and it used the 4040
(4004?) and their own propriety operating system, I think it would still
be an overnight success.

	People would buy it because it would have three letters on the
cover. Most computer owners (like Exxon, GM, Joe's Dinner,...) don't
know or care about things like segmentation, virtual memory,
bla-bla-bla. All they want is something that will balance their books,
or bill their cumstomers, or.... They don't know what makes a "good"
computer so they buy the big name. This will also assure them (they
think) of product support. (Just like the Jr. right? :-> ).

	That's my opinion. And I do see the merits of a computer buyer
having this attitude. (By the way, would anyone out there be interested
in my Coleco ADAM - used little, good condition. :-> )

					Geoff S.