[rescue] Compaq Proliant 8000

Gerhard Lenerz mail at g-lenerz.de
Wed Apr 28 10:49:13 CDT 2004


Hello Patrick,

Wednesday, April 28, 2004, 5:53:14 PM, you wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 05:34:06PM +0200, Gerhard Lenerz wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>   Here we go:
>>   - a large Siemens 486 Tower (more or less backplane based)
>>   - a Hauppauge 4860 system (80486DX/33 with i860/33 coprocessor)
> How do you program the i860?  Sounds yummy.

  it sounds indeed interesting, but I guess it won't be easy to find
  docs or even running software. Quick googling doesn't turn up very
  much - maybe I have some luck with the also rescued harddisk.

> The i860 was one of Intel's attempts to get away from x86, but it
> failed.

  And the remains ended probably on Geometry Engine boards in Reality
  Engines. ;-)

-- 
Best regards,
 Gerhard                            mailto:mail at g-lenerz.de



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