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From: ram@elmgate.UUCP (Randy Martens)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sys.m68k,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: The New Chips
Keywords: Intel IBM Sucks
Message-ID: <879@elmgate.UUCP>
Date: 8 Feb 88 21:39:25 GMT
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Reply-To: ram@elmgate.UUCP (Randy Martens)
Organization: Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY
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I used to be and Intel 8088/8086/80186/80286/80386 fan,
but I got better.

68000 family forever !!

Seriously folks, the 8088 was originally designed a a stepping stone chip for
those users of old 8080 & 8085 stuff who wanted more performance without
having to redesign equipment to accomodate a bus larger than 8 bits.  The
fact that IBM chose what was supposed to be  only a replacement/upgrade chip
to base an entire family of computers around boggles the mind.  And
unfortunately Intel chose to perpetuate all its errors thoughout the whole
family of chips.  This is nice for code designers, who can run their 8088
code on an 80386, but real unpleasent for hardware folks.

Sigh.  The comment that "Intel Architectures Build Character" is a quite
succinct summation.

Thank ghod I get to use real chips like the 68020 now.

flames to /dev/null

-- 
* Randy Martens @ rochester!kodak!elmgate!ram
* "You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike."
* disclaimer : The preceeding represents only my random babbling,
* and certainly reflects no one else's opinions. Fnord.