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February 2002, Week 3

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Re: Carly, IA64, and Compaq
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John Clogg <[log in to unmask]>
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John Clogg <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 19 Feb 2002 14:45:14 -0800
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Douglas Becker wrote:
>For myself, I like the IBM G5 processors which accept instruction bit
>streams to define the object codes: That would seem to be the wave of the
>future--want a new instruction set? Just get a new CD-ROM.


I'm not familiar with the G5, but this hardly seems new.  Isn't this the old
WCS (writ able control store) idea that existed in the HP3000 series 70, the
IBM 360, and other, older machines?

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