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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to Andreas Eder   
   Re: VMS previous DEC/CPQ/HP[E] decisions   
   28 Sep 25 22:57:05   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 28 Sep 2025 22:21:58 +0200, Andreas Eder wrote:   
      
   > On Di 23 Sep 2025 at 20:49, jgd@cix.co.uk (John Dallman) wrote:   
   >   
   >> i860 never appeared in machines people could buy.   
   >   
   > My PPOE bought an Aliaint machine - i think it was FX/2800 - that was   
   > built with just such chips.   
      
   According to Da Wiki, the FX/2800 range appeared in 1990   
   , so   
   Windows NT was still a (vapourware) glint in Dave Cutler’s eye at that   
   point.   
      
   Presumably it was running some kind of Unix system.   
      
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