Article-I.D.: alice.4616
Posted: Sat Nov 23 21:35:21 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 24-Nov-85 07:46:08 EST
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Well, IBM *DID* choose the 68000... to use in a little box
they called the CS9000.  Apparently it didn't catch on.

As to why they chose the 8088 instead of the 8086, Philip Estridge
explained it in an interview a few years ago.  At the time they
had to start manufacturing, the 8086 was simply much more expensive,
and they couldn't afford to use it in a product that would be able
to sell at the price they wanted to charge.