Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 10:35:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenny Drobnack <kdrobnac@mission.mvnc.edu> To: Sebestyen Zoltan <szoli@netvisor.hu> Cc: Jay West <jlwest@tseinc.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel Merced FreeBSD??? Intel? - NOT Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990827103350.1456C-100000@mission.mvnc.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9908271556350.9830-100000@linux.intranet.netvisor.hu>
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Actually, I was reading in a newsgroup, the VMS newsgroup I think it was, that the PA-RISC chip is on the Merced chip. Basically, Intel will sell Merced's with the chip disabled (kind of like the math co-processor on the 486 SX's) and HP will sell it with the PA-RISC chip enabled so it can run HP-UX.=20 =20 > > Keep in mind that the merced chip was not really designed or created by > > Intel at all. > >=20 > > It was created almost completely by HP (by the same group responsible f= or > > PA-RISC), with Intel as merely the production facilities. For obvious > > marketing, competitive, and resource reasons both HP and Intel share th= e > > rights to merced. > >=20 > Does that mean that Merced is heir of the PA-RISC design just like PowerP= C > is the heir of IBM POWER processor family's? >=20 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- > Sebesty=E9n Zolt=E1n <szoli@netvisor.hu>=09I'm believing that the Holy Sp= irit is > =09=09=09=09=09gonna allow the hand, and the foot, and > MAKE INSTALL NOT WAR=09=09=09the mouth, just to begin to speak, and > to minister, and to heal coordina= ted by > =09=09=09=09=09the head. >=20 > I use UNIX because reboots are for hardware upgrades. >=20 > Kick me! Whip me!! Make me develop on AIX!!! >=20 >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message >=20 ----- =20 We are now the Knights who say...=20 =09"Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-PTANG! Zoom-Boing! Z'nourrwringmm!" ---- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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