m88k info

From: Poesie <poesie_at_geocities.com>
Date: Wed Jul 29 20:57:16 1998

I was at a computer junk store the other day and saw a long flat
computer case/box; about 3 inches high, about 18 wide and 10 long. It
was some sort of unix terminal/system/something, because it still had a
label with the network host name etc on it.

BUT-

it said m88k on it! it might have also said NCR but I'm not sure. what
kind of things are used on the 880x0's? I know NetBSD has an m88k port
but who or what would have originally run on such things, and how old
are they? I have to admit it piqued my curiosity. If possible I'm going
back to grab the thing. One last question- how do the 88k's compare to
the 68k's or a MIPS chip? I remember some discussion about SGI switching
to MIPS instead of using the 88k due to slow development or something to
that effect. (whether that's true or not I have no idea, so don't flame
me :)

-Eric
Received on Wed Jul 29 1998 - 20:57:16 BST