4 Nov
1998
4 Nov
'98
7:52 a.m.
Philip.Belben(a)pgen.com wrote:
Thanks for the reference. I have bookmarked it.
Glad to be of help
Thanks also to everyone who has pointed out the model
25 and the 286
versions. Both well after my time - when I left IBM there were just the
30, 50, 60 and 80. I think I had heard of the 25 though - perhaps that
will teach me not to open my mouth quite so wide.
The 25 was really listed as a student network station though, not really as a
PC. They seem older than the others as well but I never really paid much
attention to the date of release.
No thanks to whoever said the 8088 and 8086 were the
same thing. If that's
the case, the Pentium and the 80386 are the same thing :-)
In general terms, without getting into a lot of super-geek discussion, the 8086
and 8088 are in the same category in that they are both predominantly an XT
class processor, despite the 8 and 16 bit differences. The V20 and 30 were way
better than the Intel chips anyway. Guess that's one reason why Intel attempted
to sue NEC for the V series?