Timeline for What was the first multiprocessor x86 motherboard?
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| Aug 8, 2019 at 22:55 | comment | added | Raffzahn | Wow, Never seen one of these Rev-to-SMP boards. Would be a great find. | |
| Aug 8, 2019 at 20:31 | history | edited | snips-n-snails | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Rev to SMP
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| Aug 8, 2019 at 8:23 | comment | added | snips-n-snails | @Raffzahn You're right, SystemPro for the 386 was ASMP, but SystemPro XL for the 486/50 was SMP. I've edited my answer. | |
| Aug 8, 2019 at 8:22 | history | edited | snips-n-snails | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Early SystemPro was ASMP.
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| Aug 8, 2019 at 8:14 | comment | added | Stephen Kitt | @Raffzahn no, NT was limited in what it could use the second CPU for, but SCO UNIX could use both CPUs equally. If we’re expanding the criteria, we could include crazier systems such as the NetFrame mainframe-style series (NF100 etc.) also released in 1989. | |
| Aug 8, 2019 at 0:26 | comment | added | Raffzahn | Well, AFAIK the SystemPro was asymetric as the second CPU was dedicated to I/O operation, run by driver code, while Windows NT did only run on the first one. | |
| Aug 8, 2019 at 0:03 | history | answered | snips-n-snails | CC BY-SA 4.0 |