Intel 80C186/80C188 Evaluation Board? Re: Single Board

[Chris M]

--- Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> I am not sure what you consider to be a high chip
> count...100-200 ICs is 
> fairly common, I am sure I've seen boards with more
> than that.

 It was around or a bit more then 200. Much more then
a vanilla PC mobo. But like I said, video and floppy
and parallel/serial logic was included. It's just that
an 80186 was supposed to reduce the chip count. But
that wouldn't apply to pc stuff - which is why I guess
it was found on so many sbc apps. If you did use an
80186 as was intended by Intel, you wouldn't have a
100% compatible as someone pointed out. But a few
units used it like a fast '86, and in fact there was a
true clone built around one by a company in
California. I have the ad somewhere...
 
> This reminds me of an IBM colour teerminal that I
> rescued about 10 years 
> ago...

 Sounds like the one I had, save for the rom
cartridge???
 
>...That gave most of the
> processor bus signals, of 
> course. -SPECIAL_W0QQitemZ5761702936

 I know it wasn't a Peanut, but sounds like one ;). A
groovy unit no doubt.
  It turns out the 3196/7 was probably the very model
number. There's some on Epay right now, in somebody's
store in Canada, but they're asking way too much.



		
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