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From: roller@Jessica.stanford.edu (Jason Deines)
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Subject: Re: Norton SI Computer Name
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Date: 26 Mar 89 01:19:22 GMT
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In article <54800@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> spolsky-joel@CS.YALE.EDU (Joel Spolsky) writes:
>In article <2410@bucsb.UUCP>, crewman@bucsb.UUCP (JJS) writes:
>| 
>| I've a Wyse pc286 model 2108 (8MHz '286), and the Norton SI utility
>| lists the computer name as "IBM XT/286".  What is that?  I thought
>| that the IBM PC/XT had an 8088 processor.  Shouldn't the SI list the
>| computer name as an AT?
>| 
>
>The IBM XT/286 was the precursor to the IBM-AT: it was an XT with a
>286 processor.

Well, sort of.  The XT/286 was made about two years after the introduction
of the AT.  It had a 286 processor in an XT case, which meant that
full-height AT cards would not fit.  It didn't last too long -- dropped
quietly from IBM's line after about a year or so.


Jason Deines
roller@jessica.stanford.edu