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Article #5107Re: DECstation 3100 info. (really, ABIs and all that)
From: John Mashey
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1989 17:42
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1989 17:42
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In article <279@microsoft.UUCP> w-colinp@microsoft.uucp (Colin Plumb) writes:
>mash@mips.COM (John Mashey) wrote:
>> (To answer rbradbur@oracle's comments) I'd note that the 88K is going to
>> have to start showing up in real systems, in significant numbers, and
>> pretty soon, or it isn't going to catch even 50% of the MIPS numbers for
>> a long time....
>
>Now, John, you've already succeeded in ruining the credibility of the
>88000; must you rub it in?
Sorry; no intent to do that: somebody else raised the issue....
>
>(For those who haven't noticed, DEC approached Motorola about second-
>sourcing the MIPS chip. Reports claim that Motorola was getting
>pretty serious about this, until they decided it showed a lack of
>confidence in their own RISC processor. Motorola is now making loud
>"firmly committed" noises.)
No comment.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!vsi1!wyse!mips!mash From: mash@mips.COM (John Mashey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.arch Subject: Re: DECstation 3100 info. (really, ABIs and all that) Message-ID: <11308@winchester.mips.COM> Date: 16 Jan 89 17:42:30 GMT References: <979@isieng.UUCP> <85330@sun.uucp> <VIXIE.89Jan14123901@bacchus.pa.dec.com> <558@oracle.UUCP> <11282@winchester.mips.COM> <279@microsoft.UUCP> Reply-To: mash@mips.COM (John Mashey) Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 23