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- From: ns111310@longs.lance.colostate.edu
- Subject: Re: 100 Mips Intel NeXT. (R4400 and R4000)
- Sender: news@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU (News Account)
- Message-ID: <Dec12.165257.24285@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 16:52:57 GMT
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- In article <1gbh7hINNn7v@agate.berkeley.edu> nweaver@soda.berkeley.edu
- (Nicholas C. Weaver (The Weeniehead)) writes:
- > Also, the r4000 is a nice chip, (64 bit processor and everthing,
- > although it's pinouts make it look like a real porcupine), but is SGI
- > letting it out? SGI owns Mips now, and so they effectively controll the
- > supply of the r4000. Is there currently ANY non-sgi machine that uses
- > the r4000?
- > Nicholas C. Weaver
- > nweaver@soda.berkeley.edu
- > It is a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, .signifying
- > nothing.
-
- All this talk about the R4000.... what about the R4400?? I heard
- on another newsgroup (I know not where) that the R4400 was plug-compatible
- with the R4000 and offered a significant performance boost (at what cost,
- I don't know).. but it's at least something to drool about for awhile
- here in never-never land!
-
- my $0.02
-
- -nate sammons
- ns111310@longs.lance.colostate.edu
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