Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> You'd be shocked to learn that 8086 and even 8085 processors are still in 
> use.  Generally (in my experience) in aviation, where high speed is less 
> important than reliability, stability, and the ability to operate without 
> generating a lot of heat (which increases the life of the chip).

  One could assume that if a 8086 was redesigned with modern technology,
it could be built to take a hundreth of the space, made to consume a tenth
of the energy and to produce a tenth of heat.

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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