Re: cheapest SX System i ever have seen

["Ross A. Knepper" <rknepper notfoo res cmu edu>]

On Sun, 29 Mar 1998, Robert Williams wrote:

> >  21164PC Processor
> 
> Is this a 21164A, or something different?
> What is it?

no, it's something different.  the two main differences are the lack of an
on-chip 96KB L2 cache and the inclusion of MVI (motion video instruction set).
as far as i know, nothing in linux takes advantage of MVI.
the reduction in cache was of course done to lower cost (hence the "PC")

 -ross

ps- i'm not sure who's updating the FAQ on azstarnet but this bit's a
little out of date. (not a complaint, only a comment)