From: a_eder_muc@web.de   
      
   On So 28 Sep 2025 at 22:57, Lawrence D’Oliveiro  wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Yes, of course it was. But it was a machine people could buy with i860s inside.   
      
   'Andreas   
      
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