Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!deimos!uxc!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!uxg.cso.uiuc.edu!uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: 80486 Message-ID: <45900175@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 3 Dec 88 19:56:00 GMT References: <15374@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> Lines: 9 Nf-ID: #R:iuvax.cs.indiana.edu:15374:uxe.cso.uiuc.edu:45900175:000:343 Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald Dec 3 13:56:00 1988 >Apocalypse approaches rapidly. From 8086 we derived 80286, and then >things became more orderly as we went to 80386, 80486, and now 80586. >When we reach 80986, what will happen? Use hex of course: 80a86, 80b86 ... 80f86. Then go to base 36 - 80g86,... 80z86. Rumor has it that that is exactly what Boeing is going to do: 7a7, 7b7 ...