OS's In ROM's (was: Re: Mac Classic prob (was Macintoshes..

From: Hotze <photze_at_batelco.com.bh>
Date: Sat Jun 27 09:54:11 1998

Yep. I knew most of those. And SPARCs, PPC's, and, if you really want to
go on a limb, anything that runs Linux.
    I was talking about processors, generally associated with UNIX, that
also run Windows CE devices.
    Ciao,

Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Saturday, June 27, 1998 5:38 PM
Subject: Re: OS's In ROM's (was: Re: Mac Classic prob (was Macintoshes..


>
><A processor from a company who's highest-end products are UNIX based, and
><similiar version (IE in the same family, such as Pentium is in the x86
><family). Most Windows CE devices are based on HP/NEC PA-RISC (IIRC)
><processors, or SGI MIPS processors.
>
>Then Alpha, ARM, PDP-11, VAX, 680xx and sundry others are also since they
>all run unix.
>
>careful about retrorevisionist terminology...
>
>Allison
>
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