22 Apr
2006
22 Apr
'06
12:54 p.m.
While rummaging around a secret scrapyard, Dan Cohoe and I dug up the
remains of an Intel 432/600 micromainframe, based on the ill fated 432
processor. All that was left in the pile was the plastic case parts and
front panel, power supply and keyboard.
That is all...
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org
25 Apr
25 Apr
1:24 p.m.
New subject: Any existing Intel iAPX 432's? (was: Boast of the day)
Hi,
While rummaging around a secret scrapyard, Dan Cohoe
and I dug up the
remains of an Intel 432/600 micromainframe, based on the ill fated 432
processor.
This leads to the question: Are the any operable i432 systems still in
existence? If so it seems like it'd be incredibly rare. Eric Raymond has
documentation and a few parts, but not a complete system:
http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/retrocomputing/intel/iapx432/
The only ones I've ever heard of are Intel's development systems, and I
think most of these were "loaned" rather than purchased. I suspect Intel
recalled these when the magnitude of the flop was discovered and destroyed
them (just speculation).
The nail in the coffin seems to be the paper that came out of Patterson's
Berkeley lab in '82, demonstrating that it was 10x slower than the 68K
Cheers,
jp
27 Apr
27 Apr
2:32 a.m.
New subject: Any existing Intel iAPX 432's?
J. Peterson wrote:
Hi,
<snip>
The only ones I've ever heard of are Intel's development systems, and I
think most of these were "loaned" rather
than purchased. I suspect Intel
recalled these when the magnitude of the flop was
discovered and
destroyed them (just speculation).
A friend of mine worked for BiiN which developed a database co-processor
based initially on the 432.
Later the effort was shifted to use other processors, and eventually it
was just a Siemens/Intel effort
before finally being dissolved completely.
I have a Multibus 432 processor board that would probably work
somewhere, if it was
ever any good. I bought it at a swap meet from someone around LA, so i
don't know
if it ever worked, however.
Jim
2:51 a.m.
I still own Dan a TTL computer. Will he pass by Cleveland this year?
On 4/22/06, William Donzelli <aw288 at osfn.org> wrote:
While rummaging around a secret scrapyard, Dan Cohoe
and I dug up the
remains of an Intel 432/600 micromainframe, based on the ill fated 432
processor. All that was left in the pile was the plastic case parts and
front panel, power supply and keyboard.
That is all...
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org
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