Jeff Hellige <jhellige_at_earthlink.net> wrote:
> At 10:49 AM 11/10/00 -0600, you wrote:
> >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.
>
> Others can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that the 80186 was
> intended to be the transition chip between the 8086 and the i432, though
> Intel later changed direction and continued on with the 8086 architecture
> with the 80286 and above.
>
Hi
No, the '186 was specifically designed for embedded use.
It came in a number of different flavors.
The i432 was completely different. It had a lot of hardware
support for ADA's checking, built in.
The '186 was code compatable with the '86/'286 processors.
Typical embbeded application are like:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=486128027
The neat thing about these is that you could use standard
PC development tools, once you figured out how to get it
to boot.
Dwight
Received on Fri Nov 10 2000 - 19:33:58 GMT