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From: mash@mips.COM (John Mashey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m88k
Subject: Re: Tektronix shutdown & move away from 88k's??
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Date: 29 Oct 90 20:42:36 GMT
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In article <1990Oct25.183519.19324@iconsys.uucp> malc@iconsys.uucp (Malcolm Weir) writes:
....
>Finally, remember that not all of the big players in the computer industry
>have announced a RISC product/strategy/loyalty. OK, so NCR dropped out of 88K,
>in favor of parallel '486s (Yukk, bletch...), but we're still waiting for
>Unisys and several of the non-U.S. vendors (such as Bull, Olivetti, etc.)
>are still to commit (I think).

Bull ships MIPS-based boxes.

The 88K list I use in public talks includes the following (please correct
me or update if I'm wrong; I prefer not to show incorrect info about
competitors):
1)Shipping:Motorola, DG, Sanyo/ICON, Tadpole Technology, Dolphin, Omron, Harris,
BBN, Encore (Alpha or Beta), Avalon, Force.
2) Dropped out: Tektronix, Stratus, Everex/Opus (maybe), NCR
3) Not yet: Unisys
4) From Moto's 4Q89 list of design-ins (don't know status):
Ellemtel, Northern Telecom, Omnicomp, Prometa, Aitech Systems, Ltd, Raytheon,
Smiths Industries, Thomson, MCC Experimental Systems, JPL.

From other notes, it sound like I might add Philips (as the system division
OEMs 88K boxes, although the embedded folks are doing SPARC stuff.)

In Europe, almost everybody seems to be committed except Olivetti.
(ICL to SPARC; Dolphin to 88K; most of rest to MIPS).
In the U.S., major uncommitteds include Apple, Compaq, Zenith, Dell, etc.
In Far East, it's mostly SPARC & MIPS, with a few players yet to be
committed.
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