Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 06/14/06 05:20

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:55:34 -0500, "Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.org> Gave us:

>On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:00:46 GMT, Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:11:55 -0500, "Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.org> Gave us:
>>
>>>Think of it, Intel selling their PC chips for *more* than PCs! I bet
>>>you'll try to claim that 80386 and 80486 chips weren't PC microprocessors
>>>either.
>>
>> Very few ended up in embedded applications. Not like the 186 did.
>
>Let's see:
>
>91,700 hits for "80486 embedded"
>
>128,000 hits for "80386 embedded"
>
>71,100 hits for "80286 embedded"
>
>48,000 hits for "80186 embedded"
>
>Looks like all the later Intel microprocessors won out over the 80186 in
>terms of embedded applications.
>
>
I'd be willing to bet that 99% of those are SBCs and that the 80186
was still being used in industry even during that time when the mil
boys embraced intel gear, which is what a good deal of those are.

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