On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 at 18:23, Grant Taylor via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > On 12/19/2018 09:05 AM, xcvb via cctalk wrote: > > Tho ive seldom posted but have always read this list i cannot resist - > > somewhere stored away in my piles of stuff I have an IBM Model 30 I > > believe that has an 8 bit isa bus and an 80186 cpu. > > I am somewhat surprised to learn that any commercially available general > purpose computer had an 8186 CPU.
80186? > I would love some confirmation on the CPU. (I'll look it up in a bit.) "xcvb" is wrong. It's an 8086. > I've only seen it in purpose built > equipment. The last one I saw was in a mobile X-Ray or CT machine in > the late '90s. The BBC Master had a '186: http://www.cowsarenotpurple.co.uk/bbccomputer/master512/index.html http://www.cowsarenotpurple.co.uk/bbccomputer/master512/tube.html http://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk/Computers/Master512.html There was an RM Nimbus too. https://www.thenimbus.co.uk/range-of-nimbus-computers/PC-186 http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1011&st=1 > That would mean that IBM PS/2s had every major class of x86 CPU between > the 8086 (or was it 8088, which is still in the 8x86 family) and the > Pentium. They didn't. 8088, 8086, 80286, 80386DX, then 80386SX, 80486, Pentium. -- Liam Proven - Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk - Google Mail/Hangouts/Plus: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven - Skype/LinkedIn: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 - ČR (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053
