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- From: ernest@pundit.cithep.caltech.edu (Ernest Prabhakar)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
- Subject: Re: NRW- coming soon
- Date: 14 Dec 1992 21:21:25 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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- In article <1giql5INNo5@hamblin.math.byu.edu> bill@mathnx.math.byu.edu (Bill
- Smith) writes:
- > Well, I'll pass another rumor on from a friend. While the
- > 88110-flavor box has been dropped, another design based
- > on it appears to be the version they will release. It has
- > a multiprocessing feature with plug-in sites for several
- > cpu's, you just have another plugged in if you want it. The
- > alpha is not going to be the chip they use, it will also
- > not be P5. No waiting for 68060 either. Not R4000-etc.
- > Not Sparc. Not IBM. Want to take a guess what's driving
- > it?
-
- What does that leave?
-
- HP PA-RISC is the obvious answer. It's fast, cheap, has a good rep, and might
- pave the way for a NeXTSTEP port to Snakes.
-
- I suppose something exotic like an AMD is conceivable, but much less likely.
- Would you dare to speculate on *when*?
-
- I still like the theory that the NRW is merely a method to find leaks. They
- tell a story about the NRW to each suspected leaker, but change the CPU. Thus,
- by seeing which CPU makes the rumour circuit, then know who the leak is! :-)
-
- - Ernie P.
-
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- Ernest N. Prabhakar Caltech High Energy Physics
- Member, League for Programming Freedom (league@prep.ai.mit.edu)
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