On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Douglas Quebbeman wrote: The '88k' patches are for the DN10000, but because PRISM was known internally as "A88k". It is not the same as m88k. I've been doing some more research and have read an unsubstantiated rumour that Apollo started out working on Intel with this, but parted ways before the project came to fruition. Apollo continued its work, resulting in the PRISM, while Intel contined theirs, resulting in the i860. Here's a quote from an old USENET article, which appears to be written --- Apollo came up with the name "PRISM" only to discover that someone else had it trademarked. There was a scramble for a new name. Someone latched onto "Advanced Technology" AT, and the Motorola 88000 was coming at the time. Barry Flahive or Jim Rees could probably tell you about the A88k designation, as I don't recall why we did that. --- Here's another quote which seems to concretely confirm this: --- The DN10000 was not a clone of anything. The A88k designation was a coincidence, recognized as unfortunate at some point, and thereafter deemphasized. I happened to be talking to Russ Barbour today, and he confirmed it. --- ok r.