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Did you know that the 'NT' in Windows NT stood for "Nine Ten"?

The intended core platform for the OS was the then-expected Intel i910 RISC processor, which was to be the rebranded moniker for the i860 that can be found in the wild. *

It never came to be due to the i860s terrible handling of context switching -- a capability that a CPU for a multitasking, multiuser workstation OS must be able to do _very_efficiently_. The i860 wasn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTkFGZqVCM8&t=459s

*** EDIT: Several have pointed to sources indicating differently that NT stood for N10, which was the codename for the i860, so -- N10, N-Ten > NT.

#TIL #WindowsNT #Windows #Intel #i860 #i910 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #OS #techhistory #RISC #x86 #processors #computers #computinghistory #Microsoft

Did you know that the 'NT' in Windows NT stood for "Nine Ten"?

The intended core platform for the OS was the then-expected Intel i910 RISC processor, which was to be the rebranded moniker for the i860 that can be found in the wild. *

It never came to be due to the i860s terrible handling of context switching -- a capability that a CPU for a multitasking, multiuser workstation OS must be able to do _very_efficiently_. The i860 wasn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTkFGZqVCM8&t=459s

*** EDIT: Several have pointed to sources indicating differently that NT stood for N10, which was the codename for the i860, so -- N10, N-Ten > NT.

#TIL #WindowsNT #Windows #Intel #i860 #i910 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #OS #techhistory #RISC #x86 #processors #computers #computinghistory #Microsoft

Did you know that the 'NT' in Windows NT stood for "Nine Ten"?

The intended core platform for the OS was the then-expected Intel i910 RISC processor, which was to be the rebranded moniker for the i860 that can be found in the wild. *

It never came to be due to the i860s terrible handling of context switching -- a capability that a CPU for a multitasking, multiuser workstation OS must be able to do _very_efficiently_. The i860 wasn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTkFGZqVCM8&t=459s

*** EDIT: Several have pointed to sources indicating differently that NT stood for N10, which was the codename for the i860, so -- N10, N-Ten > NT.

#TIL #WindowsNT #Windows #Intel #i860 #i910 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #OS #techhistory #RISC #x86 #processors #computers #computinghistory #Microsoft

Did you know that the 'NT' in Windows NT stood for "Nine Ten"?

The intended core platform for the OS was the then-expected Intel i910 RISC processor, which was to be the rebranded moniker for the i860 that can be found in the wild. *

It never came to be due to the i860s terrible handling of context switching -- a capability that a CPU for a multitasking, multiuser workstation OS must be able to do _very_efficiently_. The i860 wasn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTkFGZqVCM8&t=459s

*** EDIT: Several have pointed to sources indicating differently that NT stood for N10, which was the codename for the i860, so -- N10, N-Ten > NT.

#TIL #WindowsNT #Windows #Intel #i860 #i910 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #OS #techhistory #RISC #x86 #processors #computers #computinghistory #Microsoft

Did you know that the 'NT' in Windows NT stood for "Nine Ten"?

The intended core platform for the OS was the then-expected Intel i910 RISC processor, which was to be the rebranded moniker for the i860 that can be found in the wild. *

It never came to be due to the i860s terrible handling of context switching -- a capability that a CPU for a multitasking, multiuser workstation OS must be able to do _very_efficiently_. The i860 wasn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTkFGZqVCM8&t=459s

*** EDIT: Several have pointed to sources indicating differently that NT stood for N10, which was the codename for the i860, so -- N10, N-Ten > NT.

#TIL #WindowsNT #Windows #Intel #i860 #i910 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #OS #techhistory #RISC #x86 #processors #computers #computinghistory #Microsoft