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From: ralf@b.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Ralf Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Intel 860 (was N10)
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Date: 23 Mar 89 18:35:49 GMT
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In article <18208@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> jbn@glacier.UUCP (John B. Nagle) writes:
}     40MHz, 64 bits wide, about $750 each.  Impressive power, but
}are we making progress on price/performance?  A Z80 sells for about
}$0.75.  An 8086 can be obtained for under $10.  The trend is disturbing.

But consider how many years the 8086 and Z80 have had to slide down the
price curve.  Z80's were $20 apiece and 8086's were over $50 not so many
years ago....  I believe the 68020 originally sold for $500.
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