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- From: bsardis@netcom.com (Barry Sardis)
- Subject: Re: PowerPC? (was: Re: Motorola Series 8000 Model 8120)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.071450.24979@netcom.com>
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- References: <1992Nov08.213234.280775@sue.cc.uregina.ca> <1e9qsbINNckb@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 07:14:50 GMT
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- bu951@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Brian R. Beeler) writes:
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- >In a previous article, hameluck@mercury.cs.uregina.ca (Jeff Hameluck) says:
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- >[Much deleted to save bandwidth ...]
- >> Will Motorola support it or dump it in the face of the PowerPC? Is it
- >> reliable? Any input is appreciated.
- >>
-
- >Ok... I give up. What is the "PowerPC"? Also, does Motorola make a
- >XWindow workstation (based on the 88xxx) or just servers?
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- The PowerPC is the chip family being done by IBM and Motorola. It is part
- of the IBM/Apple get together. The PowerPC is a family of chips to be
- used in notebooks to high end servers. It is based on IBM's POWER RISC
- (RS/6000) architecture and Motorola's 88K family.
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- Motorola does not make an Xterminal nor a workstation. It does sell X terminals
- from NCD, some models of which use the 88K.
-
-
- >Thanks for letting me ask some stupid questions ....
-
- You're welcome.
-
- >Brian
- >--
- >Brian R. Beeler bu951@po.cwru.edu
- >GEIS: a.beeler.b@monet beeler@cc.utah.edu
- >"What a long, strange trip it's been" - G.dead
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