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- From: bill@mathnx.math.byu.edu (Bill Smith)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
- Subject: Re: NRW- coming soon
- Date: 17 Dec 1992 15:18:33 GMT
- Organization: Brigham Young University
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- Message-ID: <1gq5o9INNe2g@hamblin.math.byu.edu>
- References: <1992Dec16.235608.10172@dvorak.amd.com>
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- In article <1992Dec16.235608.10172@dvorak.amd.com> rpomeroy@aunext1.amd.com
- (Ron Pomeroy x(Coop)) writes:
- > In article <Dec16.161340.46031@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- > randall@redfish.atmos.colostate.edu (Dave Randall) writes:
- > >>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?
- > >>
- > >>That leaves HP. Yippee!
- >
- > Bzzzzzt
- >
- > The 601 (PowerPC)
- > --
-
- The 601(s!) won't do multiprocessing without unreleased additional
- hardware. You'd have to wait for the 620.
-
- -Bill
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