[rescue] Compaq Proliant 8000

[Dave McGuire]

On Apr 28, 2004, at 9:22 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote:
>> How do you program the i860?  Sounds yummy.
>>
>> The i860 was one of Intel's attempts to get away from x86, but it
>> failed.
>
> Yeah, from the specs I saw at the time when they were promising
> i860-based PCs, it's a really nice processor.  It should have been able
> to kick 80486 ass all over the barnyard.

   Indeed, and it certainly did, by every metric that matters for a 
processor architecture and implementation.  But suits don't understand 
what matters, and now people (well, at least stupid people) are stuck 
with PCs.

          -Dave

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