[rescue] SGI history

Guy Yasko gyasko at mx7.ttcn.ne.jp
Sat Feb 9 06:02:48 CST 2002


>>>>> "Joshua" == Joshua D Boyd <jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu> writes:

    Joshua> On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 09:38:15PM +0100, Iggy Drougge
    Joshua> wrote:
    >> What does SGI's family tree look like?  Am I correct in
    >> believing that they started out with m68k processors, moving to
    >> MIPS later on? When, and with what models, then?

    Joshua> The Iris 1000, 2000, 3000, and 3010 models were the 68ks.
    Joshua> Originally they were just graphical terminals (the 1000s,
    Joshua> and some of the 2000s), but later they became full
    Joshua> workstations.  All machines since then (the last 3010s
    Joshua> were sold in '89, I think) and MIPS based.

wasn't there an x86 machine in there somewhere?

gy


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