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The 80186: Intel's most misunderstood CPU (80186 cpu msdos) (homeip.net | ia)
13 points by dfarquhar 529 days ago | 3 comments
  • Retronomicon 529 days ago
    The RM Nimbus PC-186 was moderately popular in UK educational facilities, and obviously used the 80186.

    Once upon a time I came across some unnamed PC clone, skulking in our university's business department that actually used the even rarer 80188, at the time no-one even believed me that it existed, but the modern internet thankfully makes it clear that it did.

    • jgrahamc 528 days ago
      I did a lot of stuff with RM machines, but of an early generation. The Z80 based 380Z and 480Z. Fun machines.
      • Retronomicon 527 days ago
        nod the school I went to had 2 380Zs as their primary micros, one tape and one disk, before the BBC got released.

        Waiting for the tape machine to boot was mind numbing since you had to load basic from tape too (as you probably remember).

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