HP 300 (was: "what the hell") - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

26 Jul 2001

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  On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Stan Sieler wrote:

  The CPU was CISC, silicon-on-saphire, and 

 What a very interesting little machine.  I am most intrigued. 
  What do you mean by "silicon on saphire" though? 
I wasn't following the earlier part of this, but chips
that are bound for use in satellites often use sapphire
as the substrate... something to do with resiliancy in
a high cosmic-ray environment...

-dq