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by richardjam73 1035 days ago
The Nimbus used in the C demonstration seems to be a 16bit 80186 computer. It runs DOS but is not PC compatible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RM_Nimbus

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Every 80186 DOS machine was like that, the most famous one in the USA being the Tandy 2000:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_2000

The Mindset was another, that languished in obscurity until a cache of them were found at Computer Reset:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindset_(computer)

The 186 had on-chip stuff (timers, an interrupt controller, and so forth) at I/O addresses where the PC had different stuff offboard, thus precluding the possibility of a 100% PC compatible 186 machine. So there were a few interesting, not-quite-PC DOS machine designs running a 186 out there.

> languished in obscurity until a cache of them were found at Computer Reset

I never learn of such events until it’s decades too late.