They're not still making them? They're still making the '186.
Peace... Sridhar
On Tue, 20 May 2003, Pierre Gebhardt wrote:
> I read that the NASA is now searching for 8086 chips on ebay, as the supply on the market has almost disappeared.
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> cctech_at_classiccmp.org schrieb am 16.05.03 17:19:18:
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Vintage Computer Festival [mailto:vcf_at_siconic.com]
> > > Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 1:22 AM
> > > To: Classic Computers
> > > Subject: Re: Oldest computer still in current use
> > >
> > <SNIP>
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> > > I am inclined to believe there may still be some ground
> > > systems for the
> > > Space Shuttle program that are run on 8080 based machines.2
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> > I can confirm as a fact that there was at least 1 8086 flying on Columbia
> > before Feb 1.
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