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Article #3861Re: New RISC chip?
From: Gordon Van Huizen
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:53
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:53
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In article <1992Nov15.192329.324@pages.com> kevin@pages (Kevin Sven Berg) writes: > In article <1992Nov13.083519.1426@metrosoft.com> gvh@metrosoft.com (Gordon Van > Huizen) writes: > > > > Mainframes and super-minis have had writable control stores for almost 30 > > years... > > I stand corrected. However, I don't believe these things have been > around that long in silicon, which are the WISC chips that I was refering to. > Who said anything about silicon? The important thing is the concept and technique which is very old indeed. I really enjoyed it when people got all excited about the architecture of OS/2. I thought to myself "How grand! We've caught up to 1966!". Seriously, it is exciting when concepts and techniques enter an arena in which we operate and enjoy more wide-spread use. But smaller-computer types have long worn blinders to where the rest of the industry has been and felt that some technology was 'new' when it really wasn't. Gordon -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Van Huizen vox: 619.488.9411 fax: 619.488.3045 Metrosoft gvh@metrosoft.com [NeXTmail welcome] ----------------------------------------------------------------
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!rpi!psinntp!psinntp!hd0258!gvh From: gvh@metrosoft.com (Gordon Van Huizen) Subject: Re: New RISC chip? Message-ID: <1992Nov16.215330.4222@metrosoft.com> Sender: gvh@metrosoft.com Reply-To: gvh@metrosoft.com (Gordon Van Huizen) Organization: Metrosoft References: <1992Nov15.192329.324@pages.com> Distribution: usa Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:53:30 GMT Lines: 31