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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (98408)	3/14/2000 1:24:00 PM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (1) of 1580829

<Aside from the early availability of the 8086, I was told at the time that another big deal was Intel's broader range of support circuitry.> According to other sources, it is not entirely true. The so-called "broader range of support circuitry" was a vaporware, most advertised parts were not even designed at the time of advertising. Intel broke the semiconductor industry rule not to advertize parts that were not manufactured and thoroughly tested, and thus outsmarted more conservative and honest Motorola. As the result of the consequent Intel's rush, we all are suffering today from awkward index-accessed control registers and destructive reads on most legacy devices "delivered" by Intel. As far as "availability" concerns, it is true: Motorola was totally booked at the time making microprocessors for automotive industry, while there was no demand for underperforming and architecturally ugly 8086/88, hence they were freely "avalable". IBM had little choice. Regards, - Ali

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