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- From: insom@galaxy.ucr.edu (Chris Ulrich)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
- Subject: Re: If things had been different... (was: FCC etc)
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- Date: 7 Jan 93 20:24:33 GMT
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- Isnt everyone missing the boat with the "Why didnt IBM use the 68k and
- not the (blech) 8088?" argument? After all, to my knowledge, the 68k
- did not exist in 1981, which is when the PC came out (it might have been
- early 82, but my old PC1 motherboard from a first generation pc, which
- didnt even have roms to support a hard disk, and could only support 544k
- of ram, has roms dated 1981).
- The choice of the day was between the Z80, 8086, or 6809. They
- originally wanted to use the 6809 but motorola was not able to assure
- enough supply.
- This is all ancient history, so every one blends all of the early
- eighties together, as if the 68k existed, or was available in supply
- when IBM wanted to ship. This is not the case.
- chris
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- insom@ac.ucr.edu You wouldnt treat me this
- insom@ucrvms way if I were a penguin
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