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  1. 10-13-2002, 04:09 PM #16
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    Thanks for the enlightenment. And I thought it was Photoshopped...
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  2. 10-13-2002, 04:40 PM #17
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    Originally posted by Ramuman


    Everything from traffic lights to archaic "portable" devices used the 186
    So if I want to complain about the traffic lights in my area do I call INTEL or AMD?
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    Originally posted by Skywize
    A google search for the first string on the chip results in this:

    http://www3pub.amd.com/products/epd/...6fam/1.80c186/

    And my best guess for the INTEL copyright would be that AMD licensed something from them to use in this controller chip.
    Prior to the 486 AMD had an agreement with Intel that allowed them to use Intel’s masks in its chip production. Intel did all the design work and AMD acted as a second manufacturer for the processor. The chips themselves were identical right down to transistor placement because AMD used the same photo masks Intel’s fabs used to produce the chip. (IOW the whole chip was an exact copy of the Intel version.)

    The 80186 is a full fledged X86 processor in its own right, it was just never popular in the role of CPU for desktop PCs. (I understand Tandy made some partially IBM compatibles with it though.)
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  4. 10-13-2002, 07:08 PM #19
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    he he, a cookie for Ramuman.

    I believe you're right Moridin. I'm pretty sure a friend of mine had a 186 Tandy computer.

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  6. 10-14-2002, 08:47 AM #20
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    God that is old.

    That is pre 1 megabyte video card days.
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  7. 10-14-2002, 10:03 AM #21
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    Originally posted by richardginn
    God that is old.

    That is pre 1 megabyte video card days.
    heh...that's pre 640k system memory days
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