Re: When will the 8088 die?

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From: Kevin James Bertram
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 1990 23:40

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In article <1990Dec7.145839.2703@mentor.gandalf.ca>, dcarr@mentor.gandalf.ca (Dave Carr) writes:
> 
> The only vendor I know that tried one in a PC was Tandy !  For the job it was designed for,
> I stand behind the 80186 any day !
> 
Yes, just to digress, Earth computers (now terran) produced an 80186 pc
which used a serial console rather than CGA etc. Had it for 5 years and has
been working like a charm. I've found no obvious faults with the 186.

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From: kevin@latcs1.oz.au (Kevin James Bertram)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: When will the 8088 die?
Summary: 80186
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Date: 10 Dec 90 23:40:35 GMT
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