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Article #6307Re: RISC Amiga and multiprocessing
From: Brian Pelletier
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 1990 15:05
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 1990 15:05
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In article <1990Nov2.190352.5801@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> jdickson@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Jeff Dickson) writes:
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> This is merely speculation. I find it difficult to believe that
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Yes. But unfortunately a bit misinformed....
> [Much stuff about 80x86 type processors]
The i860 is *not* an 80x86 spinoff, and has none of the traditional Intel
CPU 'mis-features' that you speak of. It's a brand new architecture for
Intel, and its interrupt and bus cycle handling are similar to other RISC
processors on the market.
-Brian
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!sky!brian From: brian@sky.COM (Brian Pelletier) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: RISC Amiga and multiprocessing Message-ID: <747@sky.COM> Date: 3 Nov 90 15:05:07 GMT References: <1990Nov2.070729.19128@engin.umich.edu> <1990Nov2.190352.5801@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> Reply-To: brian@sky.COM (Brian Pelletier) Distribution: na Organization: SKY Computers, Chelmsford MA Lines: 20