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- From: hendrik@vedge.com (Hendrik Boom)
- Subject: Re: If things had been different... (was: FCC etc)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.214259.3947@vedge.com>
- Organization: Visual Edge Software Ltd.
- References: <24744@galaxy.ucr.edu>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 21:42:59 GMT
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- insom@galaxy.ucr.edu (Chris Ulrich) writes:
- :
- : 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
-
- The 68K DID exist when the PC was being designed, and the 68008 was expected real soon then. Perhaps the real reason was that the 16-bit bus would
- have increased the price??
-
- : 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
- : --
- : insom@ac.ucr.edu You wouldnt treat me this
- : insom@ucrvms way if I were a penguin
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