28 Nov
2006
28 Nov
'06
6:35 a.m.
Chris M wrote:
if you all are going to cheat like crazy, then
I'm
going to submit the Dimension 68000. No it wasn't
loaded as stock with FOUR cpu's, but they were
"intended" as optional equipment - 68000 running CP/M
68K, 8088 for MS-DOS, 6502 for Apple DOS, and a Z80
for CP/M. So there.
Actually, I'm not sure if that should count or not... it's certainly closer to
qualifying than something which just happened to have CPUs as peripheral
processors. I suppose it depends on how "optional" they were and how much
additional circuitry was needed to support them.
And along those lines, how about an IBM PC/XT with 4
PGA cards (each one took up 2 slots and had an onboard
8088). You'd then have a computer w/FIVE CPU's
Ahh, I was originally asking after systems with different CPUs though, not
several of the same type - mainly to rule out lots of posts about parallel
machines (as I was curious as to how many manufacturers managed to make a go
of selling 'average' systems with a mixture of CPU types - parallel machines
tend to be in a different league)