Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!bbn!usc!orion.cf.uci.edu!uci-ics!roy@bonnie.ics.uci.edu From: roy@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (John M.A. Roy) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: 88K vs. MIPS vs. SPARC vs. 386 Message-ID: <13089@paris.ics.uci.edu> Date: 1 May 89 23:17:06 GMT References: Sender: news@paris.ics.uci.edu Reply-To: roy@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (John M.A. Roy) Distribution: comp Organization: University of California, Irvine - Dept of ICS Lines: 14 In-reply-to: grunwald@flute.cs.uiuc.edu In article , grunwald@flute writes: | |I would like to solicit comments concerning certain properties of available [stuff deleted] | |Does anyone, other than Data General, make an 88K box *available now* that |runs a reasonable UNIX (i.e. should be able to run Berkelyish code). Has FYI, my rumor mill has it the Data General is dropping the 88K as their CPU and are going to MIPS. This is a pretty reliable source. John M.A. Roy (714) 856-5039 ICS Dept., Univ. Calif., Irvine CA 92714 Internet: roy@ics.uci.edu