80186 and now AMY chip

From: Eric J. Korpela <korpela_at_ellie.ssl.berkeley.edu>
Date: Tue Nov 21 10:58:28 2000

> Shure ? I had to go thru the same kind of decision, and I
> learned to love the 186 - shure, one needs a little push
> to start, but later on it's just great - eventualy the best
> _sixteen_ bit CPU around. If you look at the 8080/5, Z80,
> 8086 and 80186 family, the 186 is the finest of all.

I would probably prefer the V30 which had the 186 instruction
set, but the 8086 pinout.

> Sleak and simple - compared the 68K looks quite bloaded
> and clumpsy (ok, it's 32 bit, but still the most compared
> competition at it's time).

Do I hear another war starting? According to most sane people,
and Motorola, the 68K is a 16 bit processor.

Eric
Received on Tue Nov 21 2000 - 10:58:28 GMT