On Sat, 11 Nov 2000, ajp166 wrote: Yes, I know about the serial IO. I've used it. But are the pin functions sufficiently different that you canmot use it as a direct replacement for the 80186? If so, it is a departure from what you could do with the V20 and V30.

- don

Don Maslin <donm(a)cts.com> wrote: > On Sat, 11 Nov 2000, ajp166 wrote: > > From: Don Maslin <donm(a)cts.com> > > >Was the pinout different, Allison? I have both the LB-186 and > > >LB/PC. The LB-186 is PLCC, while the LB/PC (V40) is SMT, but both look > > >to have a like number of contacts. > > Not all the same pin functions. Some internal differences, V40 has > > async serial IO for example. Nicer part.

> Yes, I know about the serial IO. I've used it. But are the pin > functions sufficiently different that you canmot use it as a direct > replacement for the 80186? If so, it is a departure from what you could > do with the V20 and V30.

Which 80186? These came in a lot of flavors. Every letter following meant a change in pinouts or some feature inside. All of the 80186's had some amount of select line decoding. This along made them completely incompatible, pin wise, with any of the more standard '86 family parts.