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But that wasn’t in an emulator, right? I never used it, but I thought that was a separate build that ran on a DEC Alpha, not emulated on the primary Unix OS.
by mbreese 5y ago
But that wasn’t in an emulator, right? I never used it, but I thought that was a separate build that ran on a DEC Alpha, not emulated on the primary Unix OS.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoCorrect; NT had builds for at least MIPS, Alpha, and x86. Edit: Here we go: > Windows NT 3.1 was released for Intel x86 PC compatible, PC-98, DEC Alpha, and ARC-compliant MIPS platforms. Windows NT 3.51 added support for the PowerPC processor in 1995, specifically PReP-compliant systems such as the IBM Power Series desktops/laptops and Motorola PowerStack series; but despite meetings between Michael Spindler and Bill Gates, not on the Power Macintosh as the PReP compliant Power Macintosh project failed to ship. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT#Supported_platforms https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT#Supported_platfor...
- foobiekr 5y agoAnd PowerPC.
- monocasa 5y agoAnd i860, though that one was unreleased and just a development forcing function for portability.
- lproven 5y agoNT was originally developed on i860, which was codenamed "N-Ten". That's what the initials "N.T." originally stood for. https://www.landley.net/history/mirror/ms/winserver2k3_gold1.asp https://www.landley.net/history/mirror/ms/winserver2k3_gold1... At different times, NT supported or has supported: i860, MIPS, SPARC, PowerPC, Alpha, ARM 32, ARM 64, Itanium, x86-32 and x86-64.
- rbanffy 5y agoIIRC, Alpha was the first 64-bit Windows.
- lproven 5y agoYes, I believe so. https://www.itprotoday.com/compute-engines/death-alpha-nt https://www.itprotoday.com/compute-engines/death-alpha-nt
- rbanffy 5y agoMicrosoft used to be know for their "bacon-and-eggs" partnerships where they bring the eggs and the other company is the pig.
- lproven 5y ago:-D Excellent! Never heard that one before.
- rbanffy 5y agoI was the pig once. Never again.
- lproven 5y agoOuch. My sympathies. Until recently I worked for a Linux vendor. Many of my colleagues were quite keen on the New MS. "But Liam," they'd tell me, "MS has changed. They say so! Look: 'MS <3 FOSS.' It's right there! They're our valued partners!" I pointed out now-forgotten misdeeds. They said it was OK: they had a _contract_. It had _guarantees_ in it. I do not own any shares in that company.
- rbanffy 5y agoMy usual answer is "The DoJ couldn't sue Microsoft. Good luck"