Xref: utzoo comp.unix.xenix.sco:529 comp.unix.misc:364 comp.unix.sysv386:1340 comp.unix.internals:700 comp.unix.questions:26303 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!crdgw1!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!chinacat!sequoia!rpp386!jfh From: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.sysv386,comp.unix.internals,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Summary of Request for Comparison of Altos and NCR Message-ID: <18601@rpp386.cactus.org> Date: 18 Oct 90 11:43:30 GMT References: <11@ACT.UUCP> Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) Organization: Lone Star Cafe and BBS Service Lines: 21 X-Clever-Slogan: Recycle or Die. In article cedman@lynx.ps.uci.edu (Carl Edman) writes: >Just a short and (IMHO funny) note: Do you know how many instructions >a RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Coding) CPU by IBM has ? 186 ! >Yes, this is the number of the machine instructions for the new >IBM 6000 series. the definition which seems to be in place at IBM regarding the S/6000 is "reduced instruction set cycles". one of the early goals of RISC was to have every instruction execute in one clock (with the possible exception of load and store). the S/6000 may execute as many as 5 instructions in a single clock. so in one sense it is still very RISC-like, it just has too damned many instructions for some people. my next question is - who cross-posted this thing to so many newsgroups??? -- John F. Haugh II UUCP: ...!cs.utexas.edu!rpp386!jfh Ma Bell: (512) 832-8832 Domain: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org "SCCS, the source motel! Programs check in and never check out!" -- Ken Thompson