Wanted: iAPX-432

From: joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Wed May 23 09:50:03 2001

At 09:13 AM 5/23/01 -0500, Jeff wrote:


>On Wed, 23 May 2001 08:23:36 -0400 "Jonathan Engdahl"
><engdahl_at_cle.ab.com> writes:
> > I didn't realize that they had ever shipped the chip. I have a set of
> > manuals, probably early. There seemed to be a lot of holes in the
> > architecture -- things that weren't explained, or perhaps had not
> > yet been figured out. I wanted to get my hands on one a long time ago,
> > but they dropped it before I ever saw the possibility of geting a chip.
>
> > I never did figure out how they implemented their garbage collection.
> ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^
>
>Well that certainly explains why the chip never saw the light of day;
>Bill G. must have stomped all over this one. Porting Windows to it
>would have proved impossible, since pretty much the entire Windows
>system is 'garbage'. :^>
>
>Sorry guys, couldn't resist . . .

      Hey, the truth hurts!

       Joe



>Jeff
>
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