----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Conner" <spc at conman.org>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: Pentium for Non-PC (Was Statement & apology (was Re: 10 Year
Rule))
It was thus said that the Great Tony Duell once
stated:
>
> But OK, I'll rephrase the question. Are there Pentium-based machines
that
> can't run the standard Windows we all know
and hate, or a slightly
> modified version of said software (and for reasons other than the
trivial
> ones of insufficient memory or disk space etc).
That is, I am thinking
of
machines with
very different I/O devices, etc.
I seem to recall a supercomputer made by Intel that used Pentiums. I
forget the name though, but it was quite a behemoth of a machine from what
little I recall (many CPUs).
-spc (Bur for the life of me, I can't recall the name ... )
Pentium Pro's maybe? Always did like those.