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[P.A.Osborne]

On Sun, Feb 27, 2000 at 02:14:16PM +0100, Stefan Skoglund wrote:
> Kris Kirby wrote:
> > 
> > > What in the heck is a "clipper"???
> > 
> > It's not the government-escrow encryption chip. It's an Intergraph
> > designed and built processor. Intergraph and Intel are still enbroiled in
> > a suit in which Intergraph states that Intel stole patented features from
> > the Clipper processor and implemented them into the Pentium line without
> > Intergraph's permission or license. One of those, we'll do this, or you
> > won't get your processors.
> 
> Wrong. Fairchild did the clipper line of processors.
> They are from the same time-frame as early sparc, i860, m88000
> and early ibm rs6000.


I have just noticed a processor manual for a clipper on a shelf above
my desk... from before my time.

Any ideas what one of these may have been installed in?


--Paul