At 12:41 10/05/2005 -0400, you wrote:
I have an
Altos 586, an 8086 machine that is completely NOT a
pee-cee.
Hm, that might be an interesting question. What machines are there
built around x86 CPUs but which are definitely not peecees?
Nabu 1600 - Ran Xenix and later QNX. I also have CP/M-86 for it. I
have photos and more info on my site. Definately not a PC (serial
terminals only, different disk system, proprietary memory management
unit etc.)
Icon - ran Qnx. It think most of these were 186 based. I just scanned
the technical manual if anyone wants it.
Compupro 8086 S-100 system.
NEX APC, a bit PC compatible, but I think the 8" drive make it qualify
as a non-PC (and it ain't THAT compatible).
DEC Rainbow - dual mode, the 8086 side would probably have been considered
as a "PC compatible" before people figured out that just running a port
of the same OS didn't make it so.
I'm sure there are lots more ...
Regards,
Dave
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