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> 250 MHz in 1993 is insanity, considering that was the 33 MHz 486 era. More precisely, it was the start of the Pentium era. The First Pentiums with 60/66 MHz
by slightwinder 5y ago
> 250 MHz in 1993 is insanity, considering that was the 33 MHz 486 era.
More precisely, it was the start of the Pentium era. The First Pentiums with 60/66 MHz were released in March 1993. But interesting enough, it seems the R4400 were already 64-bit.
- theodric 5y agoMy Indigo 2 R4400SC couldn't run 64-bit IRIX. For that I had to swap the motherboard and CPU for an R10000.
- aledalgrande 5y agoI remember my friend buying one of the first Pentium desktops and plugging in the Carmageddon demo... WOW Before that I had only used 286, 486 and 586.
- throwawaylinux 5y agoThe 250MHz R4400 wasn't released in 1993 though. It (the NEC one) sampled in mid '95 on a 0.35 micron process, and the RISCstation 2250 that it shipped in was announced in December '95. The Pentium Pro was available at 180MHz at about the same time and soon reached 200MHz. The EV5 reached around 500MHz in '96 though! The high end RISCs really did blow the doors off everything back then. The Pentium Pro was the beginning of the end for them though.