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Article #2155Re: Intel Processors
From: Stephen Tenbrink
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 1990 13:16
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 1990 13:16
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In article <1990Jul30.143353.25913@usenet@kadsma>, pajerek@usenet@kadsma (Don Pajerek) writes: > > A brief question for the net: > The 286 chip is called the 286. The 386 chip is called the 386. > Why is the 80486 chip always referred to as the i486? > Is this some sort of protocol that Intel wants the world to observe? All Intel microprocessors have had the pseudonym i86,i186,i286, etc. for many years. I'm not sure why they do this. From a 1982 Intel catalog they called the earlier micros 8080, 8085, etc. Then starting with the 16 bit micros they use iAPX 86, iAPX 88, iAPX 186, etc. while at the same time calling them 8086, 8088, 80186. I guess they may be shortening some of this to i486 for some unexplained reason.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!usc!cs.utexas.edu!yale!cmcl2!lanl!sct From: sct@lanl.gov (Stephen Tenbrink) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Intel Processors Summary: Intel processors Message-ID: <58641@lanl.gov> Date: 31 Jul 90 13:16:13 GMT References: <1990Jul30.143353.25913@usenet@kadsma> Distribution: na Organization: Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, N.M. Lines: 13