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From: jcallen@Encore.COM (Jerry Callen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m88k
Subject: Re: Machines that use the 88's
Message-ID: <14518@encore.Encore.COM>
Date: 8 Apr 91 18:32:03 GMT
References: <28747@dime.cs.umass.edu> <676@adpplz.UUCP> <5@metran.UUCP>
Reply-To: jcallen@encore.Com (Jerry Callen)
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Organization: Encore Computer Corp, Marlboro, MA
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In article <5@metran.UUCP> jay@metran.UUCP (Jay Ts) writes:
>Here is the list of 88open Certified Platforms, from the March 1991 88open
>Report:
>
>	Data General Aviions
>	Dolphin Triton 88
>	Harris Night Hawk 4400
>	Motorola Delta 8000
>	Opus Series 400 & 8000 Personal Mainframe
>	Sanyo/Icon 3080, 3380 & 8000
>
>Personal note: considering that the 88000 is by far the best microprocessor
>architecture on the market, and the pioneering work of 88open into the planning
>of Open Systems, I find the brevity of this list to be very depressing.

A few comments:

- I think that the list of 88K-based machines is MUCH longer than the list
  of machines currently certified as conforming to the 88K BCS and OCS. 
  Some 88K-based systems may NEVER be certified. Consider, for instance,
  single-board computers, made by companies like Force and Tadpole, that
  run real-time executives, not Unix.

  [self-interest mode on]
  Encore makes 88K-based systems (the Encore 91 Series), too.
  [self-interest mode off]

- I like the 88K, but I'd be pretty reluctant to assert that it is "by far
  the best microprocessor architecture on the market."

-- Jerry Callen
   jcallen@encore.com