Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 04:20:04 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

   EVER see an actual 8086 system ?  I never did.  Kinda had to wait
   for the 286/386 era to see the promised perks.  I think Compaq
   had an 8086.

 
The early PS/2s used the 8086. I've seen them but never worked on one.

The AT&T PC clone (itself a rebranded Olivetti machine) was an 8086. 
That was my first exposure to the IBM PC compatible world, an AT&T PC
clone running the 8086.  While one /could/ measure the performance
difference in benchmarks, in real world usage it was not markedly
'faster' than an 8088 based system (i.e., the 20MB hard disk was the
same performance for both, and its sluggishness was what one spent most
of one's time waiting upon).