<s>
The	O
NEC	B-Device
RISCstation	I-Device
was	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
computer	B-Device
workstations	I-Device
made	O
by	O
NEC	O
in	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
MIPS	B-Device
RISC	B-Architecture
microprocessors	B-Architecture
and	O
designed	O
to	O
run	O
Microsoft	B-Device
Windows	I-Device
NT	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
series	O
of	O
nearly	O
identical	O
machines	O
were	O
also	O
sold	O
by	O
NEC	O
in	O
headless	O
(	O
i.e.	O
,	O
no	O
video	O
card	O
or	O
framebuffer	O
)	O
configuration	O
as	O
the	O
RISCserver	O
series	O
,	O
and	O
were	O
intended	O
for	O
use	O
as	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
workgroup	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RISCstation	O
2000	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
June	O
1994	O
by	O
NEC	O
with	O
an	O
availability	O
slated	O
for	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
that	O
summer	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
"	I-Device
Daytona	I-Device
"	I-Device
at	O
a	O
price	O
between	O
US$6000	O
to	O
US$10000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RISCstations	O
were	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
modified	O
Jazz	B-Device
architecture	O
licensed	O
from	O
MIPS	B-Device
Computer	O
Systems	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
(	O
and	O
which	O
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
architecturally	O
similar	O
to	O
contemporaneous	O
Intel	O
80386-based	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
(	O
including	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
PCI	B-Protocol
bus	I-Protocol
)	O
,	O
the	O
RISCstations	O
were	O
faster	O
than	O
the	O
Pentium-based	O
workstations	B-Device
of	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Jazz	B-Device
design	O
,	O
the	O
RISCstations	O
did	O
not	O
use	O
the	O
G364	B-Device
framebuffer	I-Device
,	O
instead	O
using	O
a	O
S3	O
968-based	O
video	O
card	O
or	O
a	O
3Dlabs	O
GLiNT-based	O
adapter	O
in	O
a	O
PCI	B-Protocol
slot	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
RISCstations	O
used	O
a	O
standard	O
IBM	O
AT-style	O
tower	O
or	O
minitower	O
case	O
,	O
a	O
motherboard	O
which	O
also	O
met	O
the	O
AT	O
form	O
factor	O
standard	O
,	O
and	O
PCI	B-Protocol
peripherals	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
video	O
card	O
)	O
for	O
peripheral	O
expansion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
supported	O
RISCstations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
all	O
Jazz-based	O
MIPS	B-Device
computers	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
MIPS	B-Device
Magnum	I-Device
)	O
,	O
the	O
RISCstations	O
ran	O
the	O
ARC	B-Device
console	O
firmware	B-Application
to	O
boot	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
in	O
little-endian	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MIPS	B-Device
III	O
architecture	O
was	O
capable	O
of	O
either	O
little-endian	O
or	O
big-endian	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
stopped	O
supporting	O
the	O
MIPS	B-Device
architecture	I-Device
in	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
after	O
version	O
4.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
,	O
NEC	O
ported	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Unix	B-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
V	I-Operating_System
to	O
the	O
RISCstation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
support	O
is	O
lacking	O
from	O
Linux/MIPS	O
for	O
the	O
RISCstation	O
series	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
supported	O
by	O
NetBSD	B-Device
as	O
NetBSD/arc	O
and	O
had	O
been	O
supported	O
by	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
termination	O
of	O
the	O
port	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
,	O
1995	O
,	O
a	O
dual-CPU	O
configuration	O
of	O
the	O
RISCstation	O
2000	O
was	O
priced	O
at	O
about	O
$14	O
,	O
000	O
,	O
and	O
came	O
equipped	O
with	O
two	O
150	O
MHz	O
MIPS	B-Device
R4400	B-General_Concept
CPUs	O
,	O
64	O
MB	O
of	O
RAM	O
,	O
a	O
1	O
GB	O
SCSI	O
hard	O
drive	O
,	O
a	O
3x	O
CD-ROM	O
drive	O
and	O
a	O
17-inch	O
NEC-brand	O
CRT	O
monitor	O
.	O
</s>
