3 Aug
2004
3 Aug
'04
8:41 a.m.
OK, I do have one that is going to be an unusual one
that is significant in its insignificance.
This is not what I mean by significant. I am looking for machines that did
something historically important. Or even maybe not so historically
important. Provenance - it is important.
So far the silence has been a bad sign...
It is a SDK development machine for Intel's 2920 (
not to
be confused with AMD's 2920 of the 2900 family of parts ).
This was Intel's only attempt at the DSP market. It
is only unique in that it is rare enough that few even
know it existed. It was a time when Intel chose it's
direction to be a mostly X86 processor company and began
to leave the side markets alone ( for good or bad ).
Intel is known for many dead ends and bad timing. They really are a pretty
innovative company - it is a shame they have this huge stain on
their history called x86.
William Donzelli
aw288(a)osfn.org