On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, r. 'bear' stricklin wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Doc wrote:
>
> > The Intel-based 386 PC was out, Macintosh was out, Silicon Graphics
> > were building MIPS boxes.
>
> In '86? Not quite.
>
> http://www.sgi.com/features/2002/jan/20th/timeline.html
Well, maybe:
http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/workstat/
1986
January
* Sun Microsystems first sells shares to the public. [110.219]
* IBM announces the IBM RT Personal Computer, using RISC-based
technology from IBM's "801" project of the mid-70s. It is one of the
first commercially-available 32-bit RISC-based computers. The base
configuration has 1 MB RAM, a 1.2 MB floppy, and 40 MB hard drive, for
US$11,700. With performance of only 2 MIPS, it is doomed from the
beginning. [6] [19] [41.114] [61.129]
* NeXT and Apple Computer reach an out-of-court settlement on Apple
Computer's lawsuit against NeXT. [110.99]
March
* Silicon Graphics decides to switch from the Motorola 68000 processor
line to MIPS Technologies' RISC processors. [29]
(month unknown)
* MIPS Technologies unveils the 8-MHz R2000 32-bit CPU. With 110,000
transistors, it achieves a speed rating of 5 MIPS. [38.75] (1985
[42.124])
* MIPS Technologies begins volume shipments of the 8-MHz R2000
processor. [29]
June
* Systems incorporating MIPS Technologies' R2000 processor begin
shipping. [89.13] [187]
Although I'll probably take SGI's word for it. :)
Doc
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