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From: johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (John R. Levine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: PS/2
Message-ID: <1990Feb16.043713.6372@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us>
Date: 16 Feb 90 04:37:13 GMT
References: <7200@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <25D4DC03.3431@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> <2047@rodan.acs.syr.edu> <237@edpmgt.UUCP> <4427@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Reply-To: johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (John R. Levine)
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In article <4427@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> you write:
>In article <237@edpmgt.UUCP> gpitcher@edpmgt.UUCP (Glenn Pitcher) writes:
>>The PS/2 Model 30 and I believe the model 25 both use the 8086 processor.
>
>Really?  Well, I guess Norton's SI must be lying to me when it tells me that
>all the PS/2 30s around here have 286s...

Now, now, don't be snide.  To ensure maximal confusion, IBM has made two
different machines, both called PS/2-30, one with an 8086 and the second
with an 80286.  (The latter has some name like PS/2 model 30-286.)  They
both have the old AT bus, as does the model 25 which is the same idea as
a model 30 but it has a smaller box that includes the display.  The PS/2
25 is not a bad deal if you are absolutely sure that is all the computer
you need; it's a real PC, unlike the PC Jr.

The original PC and PC XT both used 8088s.  Now IBM ships nothing slower
than an 8086.
-- 
John R. Levine, Segue Software, POB 349, Cambridge MA 02238, +1 617 864 9650
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