> another interesting bit of trivia is that when IBM built the first "PC", =
for
> the first time they chose off the shelf parts instead of proprietary IBM
> stuff. Zilog was in the hunt for the Z80 processor, but they were late to
> develop one with the 16 bit bus, so Intel got the nod.  If Zilog had won
> out, they would be the 800 pound gorilla!

I think you mean the 68000. That was the original chip that IBM wanted to
have in the XT/PC machines, but Motorola wasn't interested in lowering
their prices and Intel was.

Never did hear the Zilog spin on it.

-->Neil

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