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From: mash@mips.COM (John Mashey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.arch
Subject: Re: DECstation 3100 info. (really, ABIs and all that)
Message-ID: <11308@winchester.mips.COM>
Date: 16 Jan 89 17:42:30 GMT
References: <979@isieng.UUCP> <85330@sun.uucp> <VIXIE.89Jan14123901@bacchus.pa.dec.com> <558@oracle.UUCP> <11282@winchester.mips.COM> <279@microsoft.UUCP>
Reply-To: mash@mips.COM (John Mashey)
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In article <279@microsoft.UUCP> w-colinp@microsoft.uucp (Colin Plumb) writes:
>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?
Sorry; no intent to do that: somebody else raised the issue....
>
>(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.)

No comment.
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