Classic != IBM AT

From: John Ruschmeyer <jruschme_at_hiway1.exit109.com>
Date: Wed Nov 4 12:49:36 1998

> Russ Blakeman wrote:
>
> > Wanna buy some PS/2's??? I have a bunch, models 30 (8088) through 95XP
> (8595 not
> > 9595)
> >
> > John Rollins wrote:
> >
> >> >The PS/2 Model 30=286 didn't have a cable going to the riser card in
> it,
> >> >nor was it an MCA machine. It was an ISA machine, and The HD plugged
> into
>
> One of you thinks the 8530 (PS/2 model 30) was an 8088, the other thinks it
> was an 80286. I claim you're both wrong. The model 30 was IBM's first
> (and to my knowledge only) machine to be based on the 8086.
>
> If I am wrong, and a 286 version did exist, no doubt flames will appear in
> great numbers.

Well, this is not a flame, just some illumination... :-)

The original Model 30 was, in fact, an 8086, but I think I might dispute the
"only" part since I assumed that the Model 25 was also an 8086.

There was also, however, a 286 version of the Model 30 which came out a
little later. (I'll let the IBM experts come up with the model#.) IIRC,
the press at the time called it "The PC/AT Reborn".

<<<John>>>
Received on Wed Nov 04 1998 - 12:49:36 GMT