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To: Tony Viola who wrote (42527)	12/3/1998 1:34:00 AM
From: Ron Mayer	Respond to of 1586325

Sun support of x86 systems. Tony wrote: >Now that Sun and Intel are kissing up to each other, >i.e., Sun supporting Solaris on Xeon and, later, Merced, >both Sun and Intel will undoubtedly do even better than they are now Is Sun and Intel's relationship really any different than it was before? Seems to me Sun supported Solaris on various x86 systems including some for a large number of years. In '89, Sun used Intel chips: sunhelp.com If I look at access1.sun.com access1.sun.com Intel, AMD, and Cyrix platforms that were supported pretty consistently from 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998. The newest Solaris supports even more: access1.sun.com Intel or compatible 486DX, 486DX2, 486SL, 486SX, 486DX4, Intel: Pentium, Pentium Pro, Celeron, Pentium II, Pentium + MMX, Xeon, AMD: 486DX2-66, 486DX2-80, 486DX4-100, 486DX4-100 Enh., K5, K6, K6-2, Cyrix: 486DLC-40, 5x86-100GP, 6x86-P120+GP, 6x86-P150+, 6x86MX-PR150, 6x86-P166+ Are the Xeon and Merced announcements that significant? I would have been shocked if Solaris wasn't supported on them, considering that it seems they've supported every other Intel x86 chip, and many AMD and Cyrix x86 chips this decade.