Maybe they were afraid it would collide in the marketplace with their
Pentium.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Pachla <peter.pachla_at_wintermute.org.uk>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2000 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: Intel i960 evaluation board
> Hi Dick,
>
> > That's odd ... I remember the i960 being touted as the cat's meow
> >for laser printers and other highly demanding and high-speed embedded
> >applications....
>
> Yep, it was originally intended as a processor for high-end workstations
> etc.
>
> However, certainly by 1992 they'd repositioned it in the embedded
controller
> arena - it appears in the 1992 edition of their "embedded controller &
> microprocessor" handbooks.
>
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Received on Sat Apr 22 2000 - 12:22:58 BST