Hewlett-Packard Vectra 286
| Manufacturer: | Hewlett-Packard |
| Cost (new): | approx. $2,500 |
| Processor: | Intel 80286 |
| Speed: | 6 Mhz |
| Transistors: | 134,000 |
| RAM: | 1 MB |
| Storage Media: | 5.25" Floppy Drive |
| Expansion Slots: | Six ISA |
| Operating System: | MS-DOS |
| System Bus: | 16-bit |
The Intel 80286 CPU, released in 1982, was the successor to the little-used 80186. The 286 offered 3 to 6 times the performace of the 8086. The first models ran at 6 Mhz, and eventually the 286 reached 12.5 Mhz.
The 286 was capable of addressing up to 16 MB of RAM, and contained 29,000 transistors. A 6 Mhz 286 could perform about 1.2 million instructions per second (MIPS), while the 12.5 Mhz model reached 2.66 MIPS.