gauging interest in VAX 6000-530

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
Date: Tue Oct 26 19:09:52 1999

At 08:12 PM 10/26/99 +0100, Tony allegedly wrote:
>_You're_ the one claiming that the PC was essentially an Intel design.
>But IMHO, apart from trivial/standard sections, it wasn't.

Having worked at Intel just after 1981 (Jan '84) and knowing how "app
notes" got written, it is entirely possible that some FE wrote the app note
while looking at the IBM PC TechRef book! The app note for the 82786
(graphics chip) was written based on the design that Number-9 got working.

--Chuck
Received on Tue Oct 26 1999 - 19:09:52 BST