*updating* 8088's - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

23 Nov 2007

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Subject: Re: *updating* 8088's
   From: Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com>
   Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:02:14 -0500
     To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>

Allison wrote:
   >> Wasn't the PS/2 30 an 8086?  (can't
remember for sure)
> Initially.  A later version used the 286.  The model 25 was, as far 
> as I'm aware, always an 8086.
 The model25 was 8088 powered and I think a few others of that series.  Definitely
not.  8086 or better.  None ran an 8088.  
 The one I have has an 8088, model 8530-002.   Well actually I pulled 
 the board out to use the case for an SB180 with Adaptec SCSI/MFM 
 adpator, a Miniscribe 20mb disk plus reusing the 3,5" disk and 
 power.  Made a nice case for that.  Been stripping the PCs board 
 since. 
I've never owned a -002, but I have a -021 in the pile somewhere that 
definitely has an 8086.  The IBM Internal sales spec sheet I have here 
shows the -002 having an 8MHz 8086.

  Must of had a strange one.  ;) 
If it was an 8088, you did indeed.  8-) 
No question on that.  One of the few parts not stripped, have way 
to many of them and they are mostly useless to me.  The 8087 however
I did save.

Allison

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 Peace...  Sridhar 