[rescue] A Question about Snap Servers

[Kevin]

Pentium I
March 22 1993.

http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/quickrefyr.htm

Along similar timings for the first PPC Macs.

/KRM

On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 07:37:52 -0700
"Sheldon T. Hall" <shel at cmhcsys.com> wrote:

> Lionel Peterson says ...
> > > From: Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>
> > > Sat, 31 Jul 2004 @ 09:13 -0700, Sheldon T. Hall said:
> > >
> > > > Well, yeah, but you're comparing current technology with
> > > > 12-year-old technology.  There aren't too many computing
> > > > arenas in which the 12-year-old
> > > > technology is going to win out; MIPS/Watt certainly isn't
> > > > going to be one.
> > > > MIPS/retail$ is another.
> > >
> > > Also, how many 12-year old PCs are in active use?
> >
> > Are you talking the physical box, or the system design? ;^)
> >
> > (Couldn't resist... Seriously, what would a 12 year-old PC
> > look like? Pentium? 64 Megs of RAM?)
> 
> Still '486 for the most part, 12 years ago.  Pentiums were just
> coming out. I still have two DEC Pentium 60 boxes from early
> 1993: