4 Jan
2007
4 Jan
'07
12:37 a.m.
On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Pete Turnbull wrote:
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:04:34 +0000
From: Pete Turnbull <pete at dunnington.plus.com>
Reply-To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
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Subject: Re: Sun E450 server officially vintage
Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
No, The R4000 is 64 bits and probably the first 64 bit Microprocessor...
Eric J Korpela wrote:
R4000 is only 32-bit, though. Even though it may be a collectible, it's not
quite vintage. Yet.
Things branded "Sun 4," I think would count, as would various
SPARCstations and Solbournes. Has any 64-bit microprocessor been
declared officially vintage yet?
I already mentioned the Alpha 21064, but I believe the MIPS R4000 was even
earlier.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
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University of York
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