68010 & 80186 (was: Re: Mac IIci)

From: Peter C. Wallace <pcw_at_mesanet.com>
Date: Tue Jan 15 18:33:24 2002

On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Ken Seefried wrote:

> >Yes, and the 80186 -- 68010.
> >Both existed but were not popular in many systems. Both equally
> >quite rare in that regard.
>
> Not entirely true.
>
> Clearly the 68010 was quickly eclipsed by the 68020 and thus showed up in
> relatively few systems. This is different, BTW, than not being popular.
>
> OTOH, the 80186 (including the AMD Am186 line) was a wildly successful chip
> in the embedded systems world. Vast numbers of devices based on the '186
> are out there, often because one could use the IBM PC and follow-ons,
> hardware & software, as development platforms on the (relative) cheap.
>
> Ken
>

And dont forget that the MAD 1 Computer used a '186...

(saw one at Comdex '84 and thought it looked cool)

Peter Wallace
Received on Tue Jan 15 2002 - 18:33:24 GMT