23 Jan
2001
23 Jan
'01
9:34 a.m.
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From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo(a)siconic.com
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 12:12 AM
Subject: Re: applicationDEC 433MP
in
Your honour, I offer into evidence from
http://www.digital.se/foretagsinfo/mileston.htm :
"October 1990
<snippage Introduction of the
applicationDEC 433MP system, Digital's most expandable
system for small and medium-sized businesses, which is based on the
popular SCO UNIX System V and the Intel 486 microprocessor."
And according to http://www.intel.com/intel/museum/25anniv/hof/486.htm ,
the 80486 DX processor was introduced in 1989.
Of course, these babies weren't exactly in the consumer channel in 1989/90.
IIRC, I found a reference to the original purchase price of an appDEC 433MP
being $15,000 US.
Cheers,
Mark.
On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Mark Gregory wrote:
> - the processor cards use Intel 80486 DX
chips at 33 Mhz. I dimly
recall
> that the 80486DX2/66 is a drop in replacement for
the 80486DX33. Can I
get a
quick speed
boost by swapping the processor chips?
This can't be from 1990. I remember soiling my shorts over a 386/DX-40 1992. As far as I know, the 486 wasn't introduced
until a couple years
later.
I reserve the right to be wrong on this :)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
Festival
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