Doc said:
> 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
It says they shipped their first RISC workstation in 1987. This was a
MIPS-based workstation...the IRIS-4D line. They didn't BUY MIPS until 1992,
though...
it's a good bet that the "decide to switch from..." line item below means "SGI
decides to use the MIPS processor in the IRIS-4D". They didn't actually get
the 4D out till the next year...
>
> 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
- Dan Wright
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