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Re: When was the SPARC 20 introduced and discontinued?

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From: Chris Newport
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 23:33
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Coy Hile wrote:
  What's surprising is that the
>> Sparcstation 5's with 170 Mhz Turbosparc-based system boards were sold 
>> for
>> at least a year or two after Sun dropped the Sparc 20's and all the other
>> versions of the Sparcstation 5.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Craig.
>>

> Isn't this because the ss5's were used as SSP's for the Starfires.

Indeed, the SS5 was required as SSP until the Ultra 5 was certified and 
tested in this role.
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