High performance coprocessor boards of the 80s and 90s - was Re: SGI ONYX

[Ali]

> Actually, the first one was called XT/370 because it plugged into an
> XT!
> Then came AT/370.  Those were obviously ISA boards.  Then came some
> variants that were microchannel.  The final iterations were PCI based.
> 

Guy,

I am not sure about the other systems but my understanding of the XT/370 and AT/370 was that they were glorified terminals i.e. instead of having a terminal and a PC on your desk you could have it all in one. Is this wrong?

-Ali