[rescue] SGI history

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 09:02:48PM +0900, Guy Yasko wrote:
> >>>>> "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?

Those weren't really SGIs, so they don't count.  (quickly places hands
over ears and hums).

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd