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Re: 88K vs. MIPS vs. SPARC vs. 386

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From: John M.A. Roy
Date: Mon, 01 May 1989 23:17
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In article <GRUNWALD.89May1131736@flute.cs.uiuc.edu>, grunwald@flute writes:
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|I would like to solicit comments concerning certain properties of available
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|Does anyone, other than Data General, make an 88K box *available now* that
|runs a reasonable UNIX (i.e. should be able to run Berkelyish code). Has

FYI, my rumor mill has it the Data General is dropping the 88K as their 
CPU and are going to MIPS.  This is a pretty reliable source.

John M.A. Roy (714) 856-5039
ICS Dept., Univ. Calif., Irvine CA 92714
Internet: roy@ics.uci.edu
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