the venerable 80186 (and 80188)

Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:33:05 -0800 (PST) From: Chris M <chrism3667 at yahoo.com> Reply-To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> To: talk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: the venerable 80186 (and 80188) off the top of my head, these computers sported the '186: Tandy TRS-80 model 2000 the Mindset Burroughs ICON Televideo Personal Mini Altos 586 (not sure if *that* one did, but one Altos model did regardless) Research Machines Nimbus (UK) odd but still interesting categories: original Ampro Little Board PC (single board computer) Radio Electronics RE Robot (could be bought ready built from Vesta Technologies - they kindly provided ROM images) - 80188 AST and Orchid 4-port cards (not really *computers*, yet they are) Vermont Microsystems PGC clone graphics card (80188) let me see if I remember this one correctly - Advanced Computer Products of Anaheim, CA produced a box w/a fully compatible 80186 mobo probably dozens and dozens if not hundreds of industrial embedded systems ********************************************************* likely there are other worthy additions to this list. But the very last entry is what I'd like to touch on. Where are all these blooming things? I even remember a company in Long Island (can't remember the name, off of Vets highway) that made one. The ability to enumerate every one is a task likely to be carried out as naming all the bizarre and perverse specialty software that (truly) was available for the Tandy 2000 at one time (bizarro scientific apps mostly, but some off the wall accounting packages and whatnot also). But give it a go gurus. Lessee what you can come up with - oh, hope you all had a Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, joyous Kwanzaa. But that's it. The pagans and atheists can go scratch LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL