justthisonce666

While I was musing about such matters, now, the TI C80 MVP, that was an interesting one to write software for.

I've programmed both, though only shipped products that used the i960 (CA and KB). I believe the i960 tended to be used in things like printers but there weren't many design wins for the i860.

I managed to miss the magic that is the 88k thankfully. Who actually used it? Linotype? Tek workstations maybe?

>They had made the 8008 and 8080, but those were awkward and ungainly chips meant to power calculators,

I remember talking to Vic Poor when I used to work with him and calculators didn't seem to figure into the whole deal. It's probably worth a quick read through Datapoint history.