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From: tjhorton@utai.UUCP (Timothy J. Horton)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sys.m68k,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: The New Chips
Message-ID: <4227@utai.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jan 88 01:18:56 GMT
References: <4746@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <1430@husc2.UUCP>
Reply-To: tjhorton@ai.UUCP (Timothy J. Horton)
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
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Keywords: Intel IBM
Summary: Intel junk

>IBM is sticking with the Intel line, so the 80386 will (probably be
>better) than the 68020.

IBM used the 80xx stuff because they owned Intel.  Considering that they
owned the company, and the 802xx stuff was coming out around then, you
think they would have looked at the specs and built the PC to move in
a forward direction.  Instead they just pushed a machine out the door,
sold 15 million of them, and forced everyone into many and several revisions
(perhaps for the money in it).  Deadbeats.  There's little reason to expect
better of them now, I should think.  Anyway, what would motivate them to
move away from Intel at this point?  They're not adverse to selling junk,
based not on inherent quality but how well it will be supported.  They
made deadbeat decisions long ago, and at IBM, history sticks around for a
LONG time.