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| From | Helmut_Meukel <Helmut_Meukel@bn-hof.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.basic.visual.misc |
| Subject | Re: The Beep Function. |
| Date | 2012-01-14 18:51 +0100 |
| Organization | HM - Soft Hof |
| Message-ID | <jesfaa$tfa$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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ralph schrieb: > On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:56:04 +0100, Helmut_Meukel > <Helmut_Meukel@bn-hof.invalid> wrote: > >> Peter Nolan wrote: >> ... >> [rant about Windows and Intel, deleted] >> ... >> >> I admit the x86 architecture isn't the best possible... >> However, I remember a time when Microsoft supported with NT four >> different CPU types: Intel x86, Mips, Alpha, ???(don't remember the >> name). According to most, the RISC CPUs were better than the x86, but >> bad marketing decisions allowed Intel to dominate the consumer market. >> The other concentrated on servers and high-end workstations and finally >> lost even there. >> > > You're probably thinking of the "PowerPC" a RISC colaboration of > Apple, Motorola, and IBM. Or perhaps the AIM coloaboration - the two > were so similar in strategy and shared much of the same "hype", ie, > the utimate Intel killer. > > I remember getting caught up in the hype surrounding the PowerPC. > (Hey, I was young and greedy.) Microsoft mailed out CD packages > containing libraries (c) and utilities, and with IBM offered several > 'free' seminars - I was primed and ready. ... The phone never rang. In > fact I can't remember ever seeing a PowerPC box outside a vendor > stall. <g> > > -ralph Yes, it was the PowerPC. I got versions of NT for 4 processor types with my MSDN Universal subscription. One big german distributor offered an Alpha tower, but I had to drive 120 km to their superstore. I was interested and drove to the Vobis superstore in Leipzig, but got the impression they weren't really interested in selling it. They had just one box for display and told me I have to wait at least 8 weeks, probably much longer to get one. In addition I have to fetch it from the superstore, neither home delivery possible nor getting it from their local store in my home town. :-( I didn't order it, hoping they would finally offer it in all stores. Three month later it wasn't available at all. :-( About a year later I finally purchased another Intel PC. Helmut.
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