Olivetti M700-10 - Revision history

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{{Infobox Machine
| name = Olivetti M700-10
| manufacturer = [[Olivetti]]
| image = Olivetti-m700-10.jpg
| caption = Olivetti M700-10
| year introduced = 1992
}}
The Olivetti M700-10 is another MIPS R4000-based board based on the Microsoft in-house [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_(computer) JAZZ] board.
It is very similar to the [[MIPS Magnum]] with only minor differences, possibly only the sound controller.
It's also possible that only the Magnum has the option to run in big endian as well as little endian mode. The M700-10 definitely supports little endian mode but big endian mode is TBC. Big endian mode is necessary for running [[RiscOS]] and the necessary firmware may have been MIPS proprietary and unavailable for the 700-10.

== Hardware ==

=== Processor ===
* MIPS R4000 CPU, 16KB of primary cache, and a clock speed of 50MHz, internally doubled to 100MHz.
* EISA bus

=== SCSI ===
* NCR 53C90-based chipset for SCSI (the Magnum is supposed to have the same chipset)

=== Ethernet ===
* SONIC chipset, AUI connector

=== Video ===
* Inmos [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G364_framebuffer G364] framebuffer

=== Other interfaces ===
* 2 RS-232 serial ports (9-pin), 1 IBM-compatible parallel port.
* Audio
* PS/2 keyboard
* PS/2 mouse

== Operating systems ==
* [[Windows NT]]

Could also run Linux/MIPS, and probably NetBSD at least.

[[Category:Computers]]

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 The Olivetti M700-10 is another [[MIPS R4000]]-based board based on the Microsoft in-house [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_(computer) JAZZ] board.
 It is very similar to the [[MIPS Magnum]] with only minor differences, possibly only the sound controller.
 It's also possible that only the Magnum has the option to run in big endian as well as little endian mode. The M700-10 definitely supports little endian mode but big endian mode is TBC. Big endian mode is necessary for running [[RiscOS]] and the necessary firmware may have been MIPS proprietary and unavailable for the 700-10.
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 Could also run Linux/MIPS, and probably NetBSD at least.
-[[Category:Computers]]
+[[Category: Workstations]]

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 === Video ===
-* Inmos [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G364_framebuffer G364] framebuffer
+* Inmos [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G364_framebuffer G364] [[frame buffer]]
 === Other interfaces ===

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 | form factor = Desktop PC
 }}
-The Olivetti M700-10 is another MIPS R4000-based board based on the Microsoft in-house [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_(computer) JAZZ] board.
+The Olivetti M700-10 is another [[MIPS R4000]]-based board based on the Microsoft in-house [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_(computer) JAZZ] board.
 It is very similar to the [[MIPS Magnum]] with only minor differences, possibly only the sound controller.
 It's also possible that only the Magnum has the option to run in big endian as well as little endian mode. The M700-10 definitely supports little endian mode but big endian mode is TBC. Big endian mode is necessary for running [[RiscOS]] and the necessary firmware may have been MIPS proprietary and unavailable for the 700-10.
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 === Processor ===
-* MIPS R4000 CPU, 16KB of primary cache, and a clock speed of 50MHz, internally doubled to 100MHz.
+* [[MIPS R4000]] CPU, 16KB of primary cache, and a clock speed of 50MHz, internally doubled to 100MHz.
 * EISA bus

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 | caption = Olivetti M700-10
 | year introduced = 1992
 }}
 The Olivetti M700-10 is another MIPS R4000-based board based on the Microsoft in-house [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_(computer) JAZZ] board.

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 === Other interfaces ===
-* 2 RS-232 serial ports (9-pin), 1 IBM-compatible parallel port.
+* RS-232 serial port (9-pin), IBM-compatible parallel port.
 * Audio
 * PS/2 keyboard