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From: jgd@rsiatl.UUCP (John G. DeArmond)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc
Subject: Re: i486 + i860
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Date: 5 Oct 90 20:36:47 GMT
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tph@cs.utexas.edu (Pow-Hwee Tan) writes:


>  I just read about a new PC compatible board made by Hauppage Computer
>Works, Inc. in BYTE's IBM Special.  This board distinguish itself from 
>the rest of the crowd by including a i860 as well, sharing address space, 
>and includes a 64-bit expansion bus.  Looks like a great board to build
>a generic workstation on.  Can probably port minix or other stuff onto it.

>  Anyway, I am more interested in the credibility of the company.
>I seems to see the name Hauppage Computer Inc somewhere for some 
>products before, but just can't recall anything else about it.  Does
>anyone has more info on this company?  What are the past products they
>made?


I saw this machine at Comdex this year.  The one on display had 4 I860s 
and 64 mb of RAM and was rated at 100 MIPS, all in a package about the
size of a Compaq deskpro.  They had a little plexiglass window installed
in the case so you could look at the RAM.  I don't know why you'd want to
unless the chips might explode as the bit deficit goes negative after
extended number crunching :-) :-)

It is supposedly shipped with MACH as the operating system.  It was running 
X so fast that, well, it just did not look like X!  :-)  I wanted one 
REAL bad.

Hauppage has been around for a long time and as far as I can tell, is
reputable.  I think the machine is being made offshore, if that matters.
Looks like a hot box.

John

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