27 Sep
2011
27 Sep
'11
11:08 a.m.
On 9/27/11 10:21 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
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.
Doc Shipley
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.