OT Linux (RE: [rescue] OT: Stuffed Proliant?)

[Kevin Loch]

Before the 486 came out, people often thought of 386 machines
(especially
33MHz) were "server class only".  Workstations got 286's or XT's.

KL

Mark Seamans wrote:
> 
> >
> > No.  I'm pretty sure the speed remained constant.  Well, that not true.  It did
> > get faster when more ram was added.  It was rather frustrating because the P75s
> > we had at the time were far faster.  The salesvermin said that we could add L2,
> > and pointed at the slot to add it, but I later figured out that while that
> snip
> 
> Joshua:
> 
> That reminds me of the time I went to a Intel (non-disclosure type) meeting
> where they said that the 486 chip was for servers ONLY and would never be
> used in desktop machines.  circa 1989.
> 
> >
> > --
> > Joshua D. Boyd
> 
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