On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Jeffrey l Kaneko wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 12:12:07 -0500 Douglas Quebbeman
> <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com> writes:
> > > >I am restoring a TRS80 model 2000 (1983), one of the rare machines
> > to
> > > >use an actual 80186 Intel CPU.
> > >
> > > An 80_1_86? Really. I guess I was never aware that there was one
> > like
> > > that ever made. I always thought they jumped from the 8086 to the
> > 80286
> > CPU.
> > >
> > > Do you have any stats on this little baby?
> >
> > Same as the 8086/8086 except:
> >
> > slight difference in PUSHF & POPF
> > has ENTER and LEAVE instructions
> >
> > Anyone else remember anything else?
I believe that the NEC V40 was a drop in (enhanced) replacement
for it.
- don
> Has two *really* fast DMA channels. It was used alot in embedded
> applications where you hade to move a lot of data really fast.
> Frequently found on SCSI disk controllers (among other things).
>
> The MAD-186 by MAD computers was a PC 'sorta compatible', I used
> to have (it was re-badged by TELEX). It used an 80186.
>
> The 3Com 3Server3 was another computer (well, okay, fileserver)
> that ran a modified MS-DOS (2.x, IIRC), had embedded SCSI (actually
> SASI), ethernet, and serial/parallel interfaces. It also used
> the 80186.
>
>
> Jeff
>
>
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