I think someone still makes the PPC 604e that has been hardened for defense and space use.
I remember IBM coming around to demo the 615 with that 486SLC core. Ran 16 bit Windows. Interesting technology.
The problem wasn't the Power CPU part, it was the weak caches IBM put into that 486SLC. 486SLC, the little CPU that couldn't. It even supported multi-socket SMP!
Then they came around showing OS/2 on Power for running Notes and Domino. That was the end of the Power demos in our world.
I never heard if the Novell on Power ever reached Alpha. IBM talked about it.
I remember IBM coming around to demo the 615 with that 486SLC core. Ran 16 bit Windows. Interesting technology.
The problem wasn't the Power CPU part, it was the weak caches IBM put into that 486SLC. 486SLC, the little CPU that couldn't. It even supported multi-socket SMP!
Then they came around showing OS/2 on Power for running Notes and Domino. That was the end of the Power demos in our world.
I never heard if the Novell on Power ever reached Alpha. IBM talked about it.
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