Computers Manufactured in 1986

On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, r. 'bear' stricklin wrote: > On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Doc wrote: > > > The Intel-based 386 PC was out, Macintosh was out, Silicon Graphics > > were building MIPS boxes. > > In '86? Not quite. > > http://www.sgi.com/features/2002/jan/20th/timeline.html

Well, maybe: http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/workstat/ 1986 January * Sun Microsystems first sells shares to the public. [110.219] * IBM announces the IBM RT Personal Computer, using RISC-based technology from IBM's "801" project of the mid-70s. It is one of the first commercially-available 32-bit RISC-based computers. The base configuration has 1 MB RAM, a 1.2 MB floppy, and 40 MB hard drive, for US$11,700. With performance of only 2 MIPS, it is doomed from the beginning. [6] [19] [41.114] [61.129] * NeXT and Apple Computer reach an out-of-court settlement on Apple Computer's lawsuit against NeXT. [110.99] March * Silicon Graphics decides to switch from the Motorola 68000 processor line to MIPS Technologies' RISC processors. [29] (month unknown) * MIPS Technologies unveils the 8-MHz R2000 32-bit CPU. With 110,000 transistors, it achieves a speed rating of 5 MIPS. [38.75] (1985 [42.124]) * MIPS Technologies begins volume shipments of the 8-MHz R2000 processor. [29] June * Systems incorporating MIPS Technologies' R2000 processor begin shipping. [89.13] [187] Although I'll probably take SGI's word for it. :) Doc