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To: Joe NYC who wrote (27204)	6/8/1998 11:51:00 AM
From: Frank	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33344

Then there was that small matter of IBM having to put up $230 million dollars and purchase up to 40% equity in Intel to save their bacon. The second big mistake IBM made, after leaving Microsoft with the rights to DOS was dumping their Intel position. As Paul pointed out, the 8088 was in stock for the POS Datamaster machine. The 68000 was superior, but IBM never thought that the PC was going to amount to much, so they wanted to minimize development effort to less than a year for the whole project. Fun days in Boca, along with the string bikini checks during lunch at Deerfield Beach.... Frank

To: Joe NYC who wrote (27204)	6/9/1998 3:54:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33344

Joe - Re: " I remember that the 68000 had a lot cleaner, elegant design." It was a lot cleaner, a lot more elegant - very orthogonal instruction set and plenty of 32 BIT registers (for a 16 bit CPU!). It was a lot later, too. Re: "Also, if the Boca Raton team were not given as much independence, maybe IBM would have designed their own CPU." NO! IBM's chairman had commissioned several studies and groups to make an IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER. Nothing got done and almost 2 years (1978 to 1980) were chewed up. Bill Howe was told to make a proposal to design, build and deliver a PC in 12 months, starting in the summer/fall of 1980. The only way they could accomplish that was to use commercially available parts. That was understood and accepted by all parties. Don't forget - IBM wanted a small PC to market - they never thought they would be creating one of the largest industries known to mankind. Re: "You don't want to sound like Oprah's husband, giving lectures on how to be successful," I was reciting historical facts. If you dispute them, let me know why. As for being married to Oprah - that is not my idea of success. Paul