3 Aug
2004
3 Aug
'04
9:18 a.m.
--- William Donzelli <aw288(a)osfn.org> wrote:
In my eyes X86 is not bad at all. Every divert from
X86 Intel made was a failure. I432, I860, I960,
Itanium, all failed. Maybe 8051 is an exception. Also
CISC won the battle with RISC finally. It might be
better for DEC to develop faster VAX than to develop
Alpha.
vax, 3900
OK, I do have
one that is going to be an unusual
one
that is significant in its insignificance.
This is not what I mean by significant. I am looking
for machines that did
something historically important. Or even maybe not
so historically
important. Provenance - it is important.
So far the silence has been a bad sign...
It is a SDK development machine for Intel's
2920 (
not to
be confused with AMD's 2920 of the 2900
family of
parts ).
This was Intel's only attempt at the DSP
market.
It
is only unique in that it is rare enough that few
even
know it existed. It was a time when Intel chose
it's
direction to be a mostly X86 processor company
and
began
to leave the side markets alone ( for good or bad
).
Intel is known for many dead ends and bad timing.
They really are a pretty
innovative company - it is a shame they have this
huge stain on
their history called x86.
William Donzelli
aw288(a)osfn.org
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