80186 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

12 Nov 2000

Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 09:44:24 +0000
From: Paul Williams &lt;flo(a)rdel.co.uk&gt;
Subject: Re: Old tandy 1000 keyboard 8 pin din pinout?

...
  Tony Duell
wrote:

 Of course there's an 80186, and for that matter an 80188, which is
 the same chip with an 8 bit external databus. Both were more widely
 used in things like X-terminals, laserprinters, etc rather than PCs
 (I seem to remember there was something about the IBM PC architecture
 that made it difficult to use an 80186, but I will have to check the
 details) 
Research Machines produced a 80186-based PC called the Nimbus. If there
were compatibility issues they may not have been visible in the
locked-in education market. 
The Nimbus was RM's later 486 and Pentium machine ISTR; the 80186 machine
was the PC1, a photo of which will appear on the museum site in the next few
days.

adrian
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the Online Computer Museum