186 (was: CompuGraphics Question)

From: allisonp_at_world.std.com <(allisonp_at_world.std.com)>
Date: Wed Aug 4 11:44:23 1999

> > 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.

Since it was aimed specifically at the embedded controller market, that's
no surprize. It didn't do well as an 8088/8086 upgrade as the peripherals
on chip were not PC compatable though they are better than the PC
implmentations.

Allison
Received on Wed Aug 04 1999 - 11:44:23 BST