On Fri, 23 Sept 2022 at 23:57, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > I believe (I'll have to check) that in the Osborne-McGraw-Hill/Intel > i860 book there's a quote from BillG saying that Microsoft was committed > to developing for the 860 as a personal computer CPU. > > I think that never happened...it would have been interesting, however.
The closest I know of is that the early (late-1980s) versions of what was then OS/2 NT were built on i860 boards, codenamed "Razzle". The Smithsonian has one: https://www.si.edu/object/microsoft-windows-nt-development-board-pcr1-rev1-intel-i860-processor%3Anmah_742558 There are a handful of mentions of them here and there: https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32510 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20181224-00/?p=100545 The codename of the first version of the i860 was "N-Ten" which is where the "NT" product name originated: https://web.archive.org/web/20110720042038/http://www.winsupersite.com/article/windows-server/windows-server-2003-the-road-to-gold-part-one-the-early-years-127432 -- Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven UK: (+44) 7939-087884 ~ Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053
