I don't think AMD's 286 was designed by AMD. They built Intel's design. IIRC, IBM had a strict policy that they would use no integrated circuits in their computers that weren't available from at least two sources. Intel allowed AMD to build their 286 chips so that IBM could use them in their computers.
This is why it took so long for IBM to release a 386 based PS2 computer. Intel never cut any deals to allow anyone else to make the 386. IBM eventually caved, but it was too late - the PS2 line was beyond saving. Also, IIRC, this is why OS/2 could only have one DOS window open at a time - this was a limitation of the 8086 virtualization features in the 286. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ben Scott Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 8:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Nostalgia On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:12 AM, Crawford, Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > it also has intel at the bottom. I have that very chip in my drawer. I > saved it because it was an Intel/AMD chip, which I found funny. It was > only years later that I realized it was a 286. The "(C)Intel" is a copyright notice. It was designed and made by AMD, but AMD licensed some Intel intellectual property for it. :) -- Ben
