24 Mar
1999
24 Mar
'99
3:44 p.m.
there is info on family 1 and ps2 products. I got from
a good source that the
reason MCA was discontinued was because if the bus speed was increased in
order to keep up with PCI, that would have started encroaching on the RS/6K
machines.
That's an extremely confusing statement, as MCA is quite common in
many small-to-medium RS/6000's from just a few years ago. How can
MCA compete against RS/6000's when it's part of many RS/6000's?
I'm also confused by your statement that "MCA was discontinued", as IBM
continues to sell RS/6000's (both the R50 and the SP system 9076 are listed
in their February 1999 sales brochure) with MCA busses and MCA
cards and MCA peripherals.
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