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From: brian@sky.COM (Brian Pelletier)
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Subject: Re: RISC Amiga and multiprocessing
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Date: 3 Nov 90 15:05:07 GMT
References: <1990Nov2.070729.19128@engin.umich.edu> <1990Nov2.190352.5801@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>
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In article <1990Nov2.190352.5801@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> jdickson@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Jeff Dickson) writes:
>
>	This is merely speculation. I find it difficult to believe that 
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^
Yes.  But unfortunately a bit misinformed....

> [Much stuff about 80x86 type processors] 

The i860 is *not* an 80x86 spinoff, and has none of the traditional Intel
CPU 'mis-features' that you speak of.  It's a brand new architecture for
Intel, and its interrupt and bus cycle handling are similar to other RISC
processors on the market.

 -Brian

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