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I'll wager that there is still some of the old FX!32 technology in there, that was used back in the day to translate between x86 and AXP. Remember NT was alway
by gaius 9y ago
I'll wager that there is still some of the old FX!32 technology in there, that was used back in the day to translate between x86 and AXP.
Remember NT was always designed to be cross platform - it shipped on x86, PPC, MIPS and Alpha originally. I ran SQL Server on Alpha for a while. Good times.
- rbanffy 9y agoDoes DEC's corpse still own it? I remember they were the ones who developed the thing. Quite remarkable.
- smitherfield 9y agoNo, Compaq bought Digital, then, when HP bought Compaq, they killed Alpha in favor of the instruction set of the future, Itanium, and, adding insult to injury, sold the Alpha IP to Intel to ensure it’d never see the light of day again. The Sunway line of processors developed by the Chinese military are rumored to use a modernized version of the Alpha instruction set (unauthorized obviously): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunway
- rbanffy 9y agoStill, they may own FX!32 and its patents. This may prove profitable. It those went to Intel... Well... It'll be fun to watch the fireworks.
- smitherfield 9y agoAh, I think I misunderstood you (thought you were referring to Alpha, not FX!32).
- my123 9y agoIt's based on Virtual PC for Mac, MS's x86 to PPC JIT back in the times.