Re: IBM AS/400 is the world's slowest computer

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From: Guy Harris
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 23:03

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>You could, of course, either emulate these features in software, or
>modify the basic PowerPC architecture.  ...
>and the second *could* involve extensive modifications to the basic
>PowerPC architecture and implementations.

I'm curious whether such a modified POWER or PowerPC architecture would
have to differ more from the current architecture than, say, the Intel
960 (nine-six-zero) "extended" architecture differs from the 960
"protected" architecture.

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