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Wasn't it originally meant to be used my the armed forces? I think the '85 introduction to the general market was only after the original users considered it n
by guenthert 5y ago
Wasn't it originally meant to be used my the armed forces? I think the '85 introduction to the general market was only after the original users considered it not competitive anymore.
- p_l 5y agoNope. It was originally meant to power industrial machinery, and in fact some very early chips that used the in-house instruction set were made and ended up AFAIK in some fabrication machines (lathes, mills, etc). Afterwards it was a welcome upgrade for PDP-11 based lines, including military spec models, where reliability was more important than pure speed.