7 Jun
2001
7 Jun
'01
8:40 p.m.
Hi,
Not that I want to provide the canonical list of 88k
machines, but
I'm
guessing DG sold the most 88000 machines. I
personally used a
Tektronics
XD88, which was a beast performer at the time.
I've got an XD88 (running now, thanks to list help!) - they really do fly
for the age of the things. I can't remember how many 88100 chips it has -
just the two I think. Not sure of the core speed either. My system's the '10
with the 8-bit framebuffer; wouldn't mind the '30 with the 24-bit unit (from
the scare info I've heard this was a significantly different machine with a
proper expansion bus etc.)
I don't know why these things failed - I know they were hidiously expensive
when new though ($15000 for an '88/10 in the late 80's) so maybe there just
was no market for them... bet there aren't many left these days!
cheers
Jules