[rescue] sparc10 cpu - what to do.

[Liam Proven]

On 19 December 2016 at 16:59, Phil Stracchino <phils at caerllewys.net> wrote:
> and wishing for an
> i860-powered PC.  At the time, it would have been a monster.


That is exactly what Windows NT was developed on.

The codename for i860 was N-10. This is why "NT" came from -- N-Ten.

MS couldn't get commodity hardware so built its own motherboards,
codenamed "Dazzle".

http://danluu.com/microsoft-culture/

The port to x86 came later.

http://winsupersite.com/windows-server/windows-server-2003-road-gold-part-one
-early-years

http://www.realworldtech.com/intel-history-lesson/3/



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