Xref: utzoo comp.sys.dec:922 comp.arch:7862 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!microsoft!w-colinp From: w-colinp@microsoft.UUCP (Colin Plumb) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.arch Subject: Re: DECstation 3100 info. (really, ABIs and all that) Message-ID: <279@microsoft.UUCP> Date: 16 Jan 89 12:28:29 GMT References: <979@isieng.UUCP> <85330@sun.uucp> <558@oracle.UUCP> <11282@winchester.mips.COM> Reply-To: w-colinp@microsoft.uucp (Colin Plumb) Organization: very little Lines: 16 mash@mips.COM (John Mashey) wrote: > (To answer rbradbur@oracle's comments) I'd note that the 88K is going to > have to start showing up in real systems, in significant numbers, and > pretty soon, or it isn't going to catch even 50% of the MIPS numbers for > a long time.... Now, John, you've already succeeded in ruining the credibility of the 88000; must you rub it in? (For those who haven't noticed, DEC approached Motorola about second- sourcing the MIPS chip. Reports claim that Motorola was getting pretty serious about this, until they decided it showed a lack of confidence in their own RISC processor. Motorola is now making loud "firmly committed" noises.) -- -Colin (uunet!microsof!w-colinp)