Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Date: 12 Dec 2024 20:37:32 GMT Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <947j2lx3qf.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <24ffec92-9486-251d-7a42-d376b88b2c9b@example.net> <20241209135847.00004fb7@gmail.com> <2I6dnRAQE4x-u8T6nZ2dnZfqnPudnZ2d@earthlink.com> <142dnZ34m8FYN8f6nZ2dnZfqn_WdnZ2d@earthlink.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net DTaI675bOOGCcGl85+olIgUaEGUn2yRRYYZMsevsxO68HQNnos Cancel-Lock: sha1:AvjtYSJK9X9QwAt79/yjSvOh7Zk= sha256:w646UNCyQ3CxmTBaLB02cFrAvRTWoJUYbwqohQBrfkM= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Bytes: 2519 On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 04:20:04 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote: > I think the "formalized" bit - plus the IBM name - kinda sealed it > for the Z80s. Bank-switching on Z80's was kinda too clunky - and all > the banks were 64k. The IBM seal of approval did a lot. It killed the Z8000 entirely and set back the 68000 designs. > Anyway, won't really diss the 8088 ... had it's good time and place > and uses and paved the way to Better. It was a smart decision. All the 8-bit peripherals were cheap by then and could be used. > EVER see an actual 8086 system ? I never did. Kinda had to wait for > the 286/386 era to see the promised perks. I think Compaq had an > 8086. The early PS/2s used the 8086. I've seen them but never worked on one. I did a project for GE Ft. Wayne that bracketed it. The interfaces to the environmental test chambers was handled by 12 PC/Xts, while the supervisory role and data collection was a PC/At. The PS/2 was sort of between the two. The 8086 models weren't appreciably better than the XT and the later 286s weren't as good as an AT.