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From: spectre@cisunx.UUCP (Robert Sillett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 80186
Message-ID: <14319@cisunx.UUCP>
Date: 11 Dec 88 03:58:25 GMT
References: <2618@rti.UUCP> <404@megatek.UUCP> <2623@rti.UUCP>
Reply-To: spectre@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Robert Sillett)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Sys
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In article <2623@rti.UUCP> bcw@rti.UUCP (Bruce Wright) writes:
>
>Sorry, Dion, but I thought the thread of this discussion was about 
>PC-type machines.  In that context the 80186/80188, although not
>unknown, is not at all popular.
>

If you have an open mind, you can argue that the 80186 is popular with
PC's.  After all, the NEC V20/30 chips support the 80186's code.  Not 
only did Intel add support chips to the 80186, but they added a few more
code inctructions (4 if memory serves).  I realize that this is a minute 
point, but it's nice to be able to write code written for the 286 at work 
and run it on my V20 at home.  This can be done directly with MASM or even 
Turbo C -- just set the code generation for 80186/80286.

--- Robert Sillett