Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Crash a RISC machine from user-mode code: Keywords: RISC Message-ID: Date: 16 Aug 90 19:30:18 GMT References: <123334@pyramid.pyramid.com> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 12 In article <123334@pyramid.pyramid.com> moliver@shadow.pyramid.com (0000-Admin(0000)) writes: > [Peter da Silva has since crashed a 386, and Dominic Dunlop's A/UX > 68020 got somewhat confused. Peter: what happened to the V.2 68000 ?] No problems at all, with any seed. RISC and CISC have different sets of problems here, but I would expect that a CISC with a long pipeline would be the hardest to deal with. In any case, the O/S is probably as big a part of the problem as the CPU. And, of course, my Amiga with a 68000 will die instantly. Must be something wrong with the 68000 :->. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com (currently not working) peter@hackercorp.com