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Chiefish
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I picked this up a few days ago, and think it has an 8086 chip on it, anybody can confirm this? It is out of a IBM machine. I scanned a better pic of the Intel chips in the second pic so you guys could see the part numbers better, and the last two pics are the other two boards that came out of it.  Looks like the one chip is a PIMP chip heh heh heh
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| Yes, and the pimp has 2 exotic purple beauties (one from Malaysia) with a lot bling right next to it LOL |
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Chiefish
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I just came across this blurb on About.com, it mentions this connection between IBM and Intel, using the 8086.
The Intel chip was chosen because IBM had already obtained the rights to manufacture the Intel chips. IBM had used the Intel 8086 for use in its Displaywriter Intelligent Typewriter in exchange for giving Intel the rights to IBM's bubble memory technology.
heres a pic of the machine, and thats definatly the case that I have here.
Heres another link that says this should have an 8086 in it.
http://www.el.utwente.nl/studieverzameling/documents/Computer_collection.html
About halfway down the page.
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Any body else have any input or ideas about this ?
I am almost certain the chip marked pimp is the 8086 but I can not find any IBM parts lists to absolutly verify this.
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Chiefish
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Well I have exhausted my resources on this for now, but I know for sure that they only used 8086s in these machines, there are plenty of links with enough info to know this. I have collected many many pictures of them including a couple of shots inside the case and they have the exact same cards as I have, So I would be pretty certain that the PI MP chip is the 8086 with IBMs numbers on it. Not really sure how IBM part numbers run in the more modern equiptment but I believe this to be a pretty rare find for my collection. This was also backed up by some very knowledgable people in IBM stuff as well. Dont know if it helps anyone else out but now the info is here for others to find if they go looking. THis machine was the last model made by IBM, circa 1981 before they actually came out with the first PC computer.
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PIMP - PI Main Procesor
PICP - PI Co Processor
I don't know if we can understand it like this.
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I heard back from two IBM contacts and they say it is a 8086, according to them the early versions of the Displaywriter all had the IBM marked 8086 in them and then it was eventually switched to the Intel C8086's.
Apparently documentation for these IBM marked 8086 would have been only available to the Help Desk centers that supported the DisplayWriter so the chance of us finding documentation is pretty slim.
We seriously need to find someone who worked at one of these HelpDesk centers since there also seem to be a few IBM 486 that have never been seen. I showed my friend ChipDB and he said that there are 4 or 5 more IBM 486 that he doesnt see there.
He gave me one of the FRU he remembered supporting and I was able to find a pic of it. Anyone ever seen one of these? |
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We seriously need to find someone who worked at one of these HelpDesk centers since there also seem to be a few IBM 486 that have never been seen. I showed my friend ChipDB and he said that there are 4 or 5 more IBM 486 that he doesnt see there. |
Brennan,
Many retirees from major corporations, like IBM, support a "retiree" or "alumni" type website, so that former employees can continue to network and keep in touch.
I bet that there is an IBM retiree website that could point us to a former IBM employee that knows the ID of their products and chips. 
There may be online sites for HP, WE and other "house-marked" company former employees also.
I just got back from a 5-day business conference and have lots of work to catch up with, otherwise I would Google around for this info...  
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