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From: cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: PS/2
Message-ID: <25D4DC03.3431@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
Date: 11 Feb 90 03:29:07 GMT
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In article <7200@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> sks@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Dan Schikore) writes:
$Could someone please explain the differences between PC's and PS/2's?
$What processor does a PS/2 use, etc?  Thanks,

   Depending on what model of PS/2, it could be an 8088, 8086, 80286,
80386SX, or 80386DX.

   The PS/2 line is IBM's more recent line of computers ... there isn't
really that much of a similarity between the models; it's more of a
marketing ploy than anything.  As mentioned above, there is a whole
range of processors available.  Some of them are desktop models, while
others are in tower cases to sit on the floor beside your desk.  The
lower-end models use the old ISA bus, while models above the 30 and
30/286 use Microchannel.  Higher-end models (30/286 and up) have built-in
VGA; the model 30 has MCGA (I think), and I've never met a model 25
(nor do I ever want to).

   Come to think of it, though, they all have 3.5" diskette drives
(of different densities, depending on the model number) and 101-key
keyboards (with the possible exception of the aforementioned model 25,
though I think even it has one too).  And they're made my that company
with three big blue letters that double the cost of the machine.
-- 
Stephen M. Dunn                               cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca
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