27 Sep
2011
27 Sep
'11
5:54 p.m.
On 27 September 2011 19:08, Doc Shipley <doc at vaxen.net> wrote:
On 9/27/11 10:21 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
Fascinating! I never knew that that machine existed. Thanks!
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On 27 September 2011 03:44, TeoZ<teoz at neo.rr.com> ?wrote:
?I suppose it depends on your definition of "volume sales" but IBM did sell
that system, as the PowerSeries 850. ?I've heard of PowerSeries 830, but
never actually seen one.
?It was the same hardware as the original RS/6000 43P, the 7248. PReP, not
CHRP, and painfully slow under either OS. ?The main thing I remember about
running NT on them is that it's possible to flash ARC firmware onto an
RS/6000 and run NT, but not possible to flash it back or "convert" a
PowerSeries without physically replacing the PROM.
?MS tried supporting those other chips in
servers, don't think they supported workstations
There were PowerPC Windows NT Workstations, yes. I used an IBM demo model.
Not sure they ever reached actual volume sales.