Sun and the CPU Wars (was Re: NeXT cubes or slabs.)

From: Poesie <poesie_at_geocities.com>
Date: Fri Jun 26 18:37:18 1998

I have a sun 386i holding my screen door open right now... totally
thrashed, no parts, just the box and a fried board. the "[Sun|386i]"
logo adorns my kitchen lightswitch.

-Eric


John Ruschmeyer wrote:
>
> Bill/Carolyn Pechter wrote:
> > >
> > > William Donzelli <william_at_ans.net> wrote:

> > > So...how did/do you read the 386i? Back then, I read it as Sun
> > > hedging its bets against a total victory by Intel in the CPU Wars of
> > > the late 1980s: they could sell Motorola, Intel, and SPARC today
> > > (today being then, not now) and promise to be around tomorrow no
> > > matter what the CPU of tomorrow looked like.

> P.S. Out of curiousity, how "interesting" is a 386i from a
> collectability standpoint? I may have an opportunity to get one, but is
> it really worth it?
Received on Fri Jun 26 1998 - 18:37:18 BST