Now whats going on with the list... I'm getting everything twice!
Allison
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_bg-tc-ppp1649.monmouth.com>
To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Date: Thursday, May 24, 2001 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: Wanted: iAPX-432
>> [i860]
>> > > 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 . . .
>>
>> An Xtermianl I have here uses a TI 34010 as the main processor. Yes, a
>> graphics processor chip. The Xserver (a very old version, may even be
>> X10...) is in a row of EPROMs on a daughterboard that plugs into video
board.
>>
>> There's also an 80188, but that's just used for I/O as far as I can
see.
>>
>> -tony
>
>IBM used something similar in their low end Xterminals.
>I think they upgraded to faster CPU's in the higher end 150 models.
>The 110 (iirc) and 130(iirc) were pretty slow.
>
>I've got a Dec VT1200 here and it seems pretty good for a mono
>Xterminal.
>
>Bill
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Received on Thu May 24 2001 - 18:53:03 BST