[rescue] sparc10 cpu - what to do.

Phil Stracchino phils at caerllewys.net
Mon Dec 19 10:59:30 CST 2016


On 12/19/16 11:52, Dave McGuire wrote:
>   You're right about the i960 in disk controllers, but the i860's
> biggest deployment that I'm aware of is in SGI's graphics systems.
> Those boards used 'em by the dozen, literally.

I recall when the i860 came out, looking at its specs compared to the
i486 that was then the state of the commodity-PC art, and wishing for an
i860-powered PC.  At the time, it would have been a monster.


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