Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 27 Nov 2001 00:18:04 +0100 | From | David Weinehall <> | Subject | Re: Intel I860 |
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On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 03:28:03PM -0700, n0ano@indstorage.com wrote: > Achim- > > Uh, what exactly do you think you have here? The I860 was a > completely new architecture that Intel dropped over 5 years > ago. I've got one running Unix SVR4 in my basement but you > can't buy an I860 motherboard today. > > (For the record the 860 was a great architecture for the time > and I'm still bitter that Intel dropped it but that's a different > story.)
Uh? You're using the word i860 (the processor, I gather) and great in the same sentence, and not in combination with disaster?! That's a first... The i960 is fully ok, but the i860 was a pile of crap.
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