Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucsd!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!ncr-sd!se-sd!lord From: lord@se-sd.sandiego.ncr.com (Dave Lord) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: 88K vs. MIPS vs. SPARC vs. 386 Message-ID: <1916@se-sd.sandiego.ncr.com> Date: 3 May 89 17:54:25 GMT References: <13089@paris.ics.uci.edu> Reply-To: lord@se-sd.sandiego.NCR.COM (Dave Lord(SSP)) Distribution: comp Organization: NCR Corp. Systems Engineering, San Diego Lines: 18 In article <13089@paris.ics.uci.edu> roy@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (John M.A. Roy) writes: >In article , grunwald@flute writes: >| >|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. I can pretty much guarantee you that the 88K Maverick exists, is going to be sold, and if not already being shipped will be 'real soon'. I have had the oportunity to use said machine and I may or may not actually be in the process of developing software which will run on it. (I can't tell you everything now can I?) However, the machine works and seems to be customer ready. By the way, you didn't hear this from me. :-)