Difference between revisions of "1997"
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* April Germany's largest UNIX magazine iX publishes an April fools article about running Linux on the [[Nintendo 64]]. Initially promotion for the Linux/MIPS project and just good fun the article results in inquiries about Linux for N64 for several years. | * April Germany's largest UNIX magazine iX publishes an April fools article about running Linux on the [[Nintendo 64]]. Initially promotion for the Linux/MIPS project and just good fun the article results in inquiries about Linux for N64 for several years. | ||
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| + | * May 12 [[Wikipedia:Silicon_Graphics|Silicon Graphics, Inc.]] announces [[R8000|H1]] and [[R8000|H2]]. The two processors are supposed to become successors of the [[R10000|R12000]]. | ||
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| + | * August 4 Silicon Graphics cancels the H1 and H2 projects again. | ||
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Revision as of 12:50, 19 November 2004
- April Germany's largest UNIX magazine iX publishes an April fools article about running Linux on the Nintendo 64. Initially promotion for the Linux/MIPS project and just good fun the article results in inquiries about Linux for N64 for several years.
- May 12 Silicon Graphics, Inc. announces H1 and H2. The two processors are supposed to become successors of the R12000.
- August 4 Silicon Graphics cancels the H1 and H2 projects again.
External links
- http://www.heise.de/ix Homepage of iX
- http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/E/1997/04/036/ iX April fools article
- http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/1997/04/036/ The German original article
