PDP-11 = Pentium Killer?

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Wed Apr 22 18:13:11 1998

<>As the PDP-11 instruction set is MUCH better than 80x86, would it
<outrun
<>a PC? Could this be a Pentium Killer?

as it was in 1982-3 the PCversion of the PDP-11 aka PRO350 could eat
the XT and turbo XT for a snack. When the AT came around DEC popped
out the pro380 with the J-11 cpu...gulp, burp! ATs are tasty.

Competing against the mostly 16bit 8088/6 and the 286 the PDP11 was out
front. To match a 16bit cpu against a 32bitter... you must be inhaling!


Allison
Received on Wed Apr 22 1998 - 18:13:11 BST