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Article-I.D.: utastro.216
Posted: Sat Dec 28 12:01:16 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 29-Dec-85 05:39:45 EST
Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX
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I have been informed by someone that the IBM 32 bit machine does not
use a 80386. But I was assured by the person I talked to from IBM that
the computer will run PC software. All I can guess is that maybe it
uses a 68020 running an emulation program (probably a good deal faster
than an PC or XT). What's going on?
John Krist
U. Texas Astronomy Dept.
jk@utastro.UUCP
]]>1985-12-28T17:01:16-00:00Re: IBM's new 32 bit machine - not an 80386?
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Article-I.D.: ism780c.210
Posted: Fri Jan 3 19:29:23 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 5-Jan-86 01:53:05 EST
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In article <216@utastro.UUCP> jk@utastro.UUCP (John Krist) writes:
>
> I have been informed by someone that the IBM 32 bit machine does not
> use a 80386. But I was assured by the person I talked to from IBM that
> the computer will run PC software. All I can guess is that maybe it
> uses a 68020 running an emulation program (probably a good deal faster
> than an PC or XT). What's going on?
>
Perhaps a 68000 or 68020 with custom micro-code?
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Tim Smith sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim || ima!ism780!tim || ihnp4!cithep!tim
]]>tim1986-01-04T00:29:23-00:00Re: IBM's new 32 bit machine - not an 80386?
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Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.2555
Posted: Fri Jan 3 23:45:34 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 5-Jan-86 01:59:57 EST
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In article <210@ism780c.UUCP> tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) writes:
>In article <216@utastro.UUCP> jk@utastro.UUCP (John Krist) writes:
>>
>> I have been informed by someone that the IBM 32 bit machine does not
>> use a 80386. But I was assured by the person I talked to from IBM that
>> the computer will run PC software. All I can guess is that maybe it
>> uses a 68020 running an emulation program (probably a good deal faster
>> than an PC or XT). What's going on?
>>
>
>Perhaps a 68000 or 68020 with custom micro-code?
Gross! Yuk, Phooey, bleck ...
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