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Article #11410Re: DEC Alpha architecture issues
From: Gerhard Hoffmann
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 04:42
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 04:42
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In article <By4pEI.8r5.2@cs.cmu.edu> lindsay+@cs.cmu.edu (Donald Lindsay) writes: >andrew@megadata.mega.oz.au (Andrew McRae) writes: >>If it looks like microcode, smells like microcode ... Why call it PALcode? > >Because it doesn't even vaguely resemble microcode. > >- PALcode is fetched from the I-cache, not from ROM. This doesn't mean anything. Early low-end /360 machines had their microcode in main store, and still it was microcode. >.... # Gerhard Hoffmann # phone: +49 30 782 02 33 # # Gleditschstr. 79 # fax: +49 30 782 02 63 # # D1000-62 Berlin, Germany # on the air: dk4xp # # gerhard@netmbx # in the air: D-1441 , D-KICK # -- # Gerhard Hoffmann # phone: +49 30 782 02 33 # # Gleditschstr. 79 # fax: +49 30 782 02 63 # # D1000-62 Berlin, Germany # on the air: dk4xp # # gerhard@netmbx # in the air: D-1441 #
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Newsgroups: comp.arch Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!math.fu-berlin.de!mailgzrz.TU-Berlin.DE!news.netmbx.de!netmbx!gerhard From: gerhard@netmbx.netmbx.de (Gerhard Hoffmann) Subject: Re: DEC Alpha architecture issues Organization: netmbx, Berlin, Germany Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 04:42:26 GMT Message-ID: <VO68G1K@netmbx.netmbx.de> References: <1992Nov20.064529.20293@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> <1992Nov22.043852.764@megadata.mega.oz.au> <By4pEI.8r5.2@cs.cmu.edu> Sender: gerhard@netmbx.netmbx.de Lines: 23