On 8/25/2006 at 9:46 AM Ethan Dicks wrote:
I frequently wonder how history would have changed if
they'd gone with
the 68000 in Boca Raton. ISTR it was more of a cost issue than
anything else.
A lot of of folks were hoping that they would. IBM came out with their lab
computer using a 68K just before the launch of the PC. I suspect that the
fairly complete line of peripheral chips behind the 8086 line was a big
factor influencing CPU choice. I'm glad that IBM didn't decide on the 8275
as the CRT controller. That would have been a big mistake.
Cheers,
Chuck