22 Mar
2006
22 Mar
'06
11:44 p.m.
On 3/22/06, Chris M <chrism3667 at yahoo.com> wrote:
in all likelihood Intel is far too simplistic an
answer (although I do recall seeing pictures of
multibus type boxes with an Intel monniker, so things
like that could possibly qualify). I suppose even a
sbc could qualify, or even some sort of add-on for an
established system. But sdks from Intel (or others)
dont. Seattle Gazelle? What about 80186 firsts? 80286?
I know the popular conception is that Compaq built the
first 386 desktop, but I seem to recall ALR being
numero uno (pretty sure it was ALR).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Megatrends_Incorporated
AMI's boasts the following achievements:
.First to build motherboards based on Intel's 386 and 486 processor
platforms;
.First to use onboard external cache designs for these boards;
What I have may be the second; What I bought from ebay just know may be the
first. Maybe they excluded Compaq because that was "computer" and not
"motherboard".
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