Re: TI-H: PIC's

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Subject: Re: TI-H: PIC's
From: Grant Stockly <gussie@stockly.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 23:33:47 -0800
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Yes.  They have an entire section on them at the developers section.

http://developer.intel.com/design/embproc/ - Main page
http://developer.intel.com/design/intarch/intel186.htm - 186 Page

AMD's 186 chips
http://www.amd.com/products/lpd/16bitcont.html - Main Page
http://www.amd.com/products/lpd/comm86/186cu.html - Cool 186 w\USB page

>Sounds like it's just begging to be turned into a DOS-compatible handheld.
>Can I find them on Intel's website (I doubt it)?
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>No, its the Intel186 (all one word).  Its a microcontroller thats
>compatible with the 88 and 86 software.  Some of them can only access
>64kbyte or 64MByte.
>
>They're all different.  The cool thing is that they have internal flash,
>internal ram, and can run dos.  $5 for that!  :)
>
>Grant
>
> >186?  As in 80186?  I heard of that chip referred to in computer magazines
>a
> >few years ago but I had thought it was just some idiot writing the ad who
> >didn't really know what he was talking about.
> >
> >----Original Message Follows----
> > >Grant, I usually appreciate your comments in this list, but I suppose I
> >don't
> > >understand your point of reference.  Yes, some PICs are expensive
>compared
> >to
> > >other processors.  But for some products and users, they work much
>better
> >than
> > >other processors.
> > >
> > >When you say general comments such as, "The newer ones cost way too
>much."
> >It
> > >would be more helpful if you would qualify that by stating what they
>cost
> >too
> > >much for.  Hobbyist use?  Maybe.  Pace Makers?  Dunno.  Large
> > >manufacturers who
> > >can order them in 1M quantities?  Probably not.
> >
> >For a bunch of things.  Since the 186 has come out it has filled large
> >embedded apps, and the AVR and COP the rest.
> >
> >
> >
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Re: TI-H: PIC's

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