Re: New RISC workstations (MIPS R4400)

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From: James Uther
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 01:51

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In article <1992Nov5.061437.24266@RedBrick.COM>, jfr@RedBrick.COM () writes:
|>   Dream on.  For my money, there is no way Jobs and crew are going to
|>   go with a processor from a once-almost-bankrupt now-acquired company 
|>   which is a subsidiary of an arch-competitor (SGI).  The risc is way to
|>   high :-) (sorry for the BAD pun) 

I read recently that someone has produced a R4400 clone, so going with the 
R4400 would be as good as going with sparc (except of course that the R4400
is a better chip). Multi-vendor, RISC, etc.
Anyone know anything more?

|>   Jon Rosen

	james

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Subject: Re: New RISC workstations (MIPS R4400)
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Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 01:51:01 GMT
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