Re: When will the 8088 die?

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From: Jaap Verhage
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 1990 23:12

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In article <1990Dec7.145839.2703@mentor.gandalf.ca> dcarr@mentor.gandalf.ca (Dave Carr) writes:
(speaking of the 80186)
>The only vendor I know that tried one in a PC was Tandy ! 
Philips was another, in Holland at least. They called it the Yes!
PC. The poor thing didn't live long, due to 8088-incompatibility of
the 80186, it was rumoured.
-- 
Regards, Jaap.

Jaap Verhage, Academic Computer Centre, State University at Utrecht, Holland.
jaapv@cc.ruu.nl      +<-*|*->+      I claim *every*thing and speak for myself

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From: jaapv@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Jaap Verhage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: When will the 8088 die?
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Date: 11 Dec 90 23:12:28 GMT
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