Some of its a self inflicted wound by chip makers. Skipping the Alpha because it was doomed by HP, it doesn't seem a lot of chip makers know how to put out a m

Some of its a self inflicted wound by chip makers. Skipping the Alpha because it was doomed by HP, it doesn't seem a lot of chip makers know how to put out a motherboard that can be bought by developers. MIPS theoretically had the Magnum boards, but even they were not generally available. Even today, getting a PC board for POWER or ARM is an adventure for your wallet.