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From: pelakh@mozart.convex.com (Boris Pelakh)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: DEC RISC Architecture?
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Date: 10 Oct 90 19:05:32 GMT
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I don't know much about this new processor, but option 3 - porting VMS to RISC
seems to be highly unlikely, considering the fact that VMS heavily
relies on the
original VAX architecture with it's ultra-CISC style instruction set.

Boris Pelakh				"A day without sunshine is like
					 a night"
pelakh@convex.com			 		-- Anon.