ANS 500 question

[beachycove]

I am going to put this here, as the thing at least had PCI slots.

Why do you suppose didn't the ANS have a MP configuration, with two or more 604 processors?

Is it because a server mostly needs good I/O, because AIX was not ready for multiprocessing, or some other reason?

 

[CelGen]

It's always possible that an MP board was designed but abandoned when the ANS whent nowhere in the market.

 

[ClassicHasClass]

There was, in fact, a multiprocessor board for the ANS, a dual 180MHz 604e. It never made it past the prototype stage. http://www.applefritter.com/node/539