The '18x series was the first, and possibly last, evidence I ever saw that
Intel could build something fairly sensible. I think the '18x series was
designed for military applications, originally.
The disk-drive applications I've seen normally use the '188, since they
offer byte-wide interfaces up to the EIDE types. It's entirely conceivable
that the '186 was used as well. I saw one on a WD ESDI controller for the
PC.
Dick
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From: CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com <CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 10:33 AM
Subject: RE: 186 (was: CompuGraphics Question)
>> 186 ? Interesting ... it seams that there are way more 186 beaste
>> than I have asumed... This could be a collecting theme on their own.
>
>Every DEC TQK50/TUK50 (Q/U-bus TK50 tape drive interface) has an 80186 on
it.
>I've also seen them as drive controllers on several different brands
>of SCSI drives. They seem to be rather common in the device/embedded
>market.
>
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