Talk:CEMM

The first 386-based PC

I'll update the page when I have a chance to locate and cite sources, but ALR shipped a 386-based PC roughly two months before Compaq. Compaq was the first large manufacturer to ship a 386, but they were NOT the first. Oregonerik (talk) 10:24, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I found ads where they claimed to have "introduced" the first PC and special edition of DESQview.

September 1, 1986 – they hoped to beat the competition by getting their machine out by October.

October 20 – Compaq "announced" a system last month. Meanwhile, a handful of other companies, such as Corvus and ALR have already introduced systems.

Nov. 17 – Pick OS is currently being tested on Compaq's and ALR's 386 machines.

At fall COMDEX, ALR, like Compaq, was already shipping 386-based products.

Given that Phoenix shipped their 386 BIOS to 15 manufacturers and Award to 6 OEMs, I don't think anyone could have shipped 2 mos. before the rest. I can't find any confirmation of this "first" other than in ALR's own advertising. Wbm1058 (talk) 03:16, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]