On Thu, 24 May 2001 15:33:08 -0400 joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net> writes:
> >I remember that there were ISA boards with multiple i860's
> >offered back then; the idea was to have lots of number-crunching
> >power in a PC back then. However, I never saw similar
> >products based on i960. I believe that the i860 was geared
> >more towards float processing/embedded control/multi user OS/
> >parallel processing architectures and the i960 was strictly for
> >embedded control, with emphasis on integer performance.
> >You'll find i960's in many HP laser printers.
>
>
> You also find them in a most X-terminals. In fact, I think
> every X-terminal that I have checked used them.
Interesting-- so far, all of the Xterms I've seen use either MIPS
or Motorola chips. I have seen them in alot of telecom and
cellular equipment, though . . .
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Received on Thu May 24 2001 - 15:11:19 BST