[geeks] And it is all made clear (For the I860 haters among you)

Wed Feb 19 12:51:02 CST 2003

On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 11:07:34AM -0500, nick at snowman.net wrote:
> "Originally, we were targeting NT to the Intel i860 (code-named 'N-Ten)',
> a RISC processor that was horribly behind schedule. Because we didn't have
> any i860 machines in-house to test on, we used an i860 simulator. That's
> why we called it NT, because it worked on the 'N-Ten.'"
> -Mark Lucovsky
> Distinguished Engineer
> Windows Server Architect
> 
> http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winserver2k3_gold1.asp

Who would be an i860 hater?

Anyone know when they switched from N-Ten to MIPS?