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From: koopman@a.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Philip Koopman)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: Bye, Bye, RTX
Summary: status of WISC
Keywords: RTX, job hunting
Message-ID: <11046@pt.cs.cmu.edu>
Date: 10 Nov 90 12:01:22 GMT
References: <11029@pt.cs.cmu.edu> <21584@well.sf.ca.us>
Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI
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In article <21584@well.sf.ca.us>, jax@well.sf.ca.us (Jack J. Woehr) writes:
> ... How's the WISC coming, Phil? ...

If Harris fails to make certain payments for WISC licensing (which
seems likely under the circumstances), ownership of everything reverts
to WISC.  This includes two patent applications (one for the 16-bit
WISC and one for the 32-bit WISC) that we have received notices
of allowability for.  As many of you know, Harris has had a single-chip
improved version of the WISC CPU/32 on its shelf for over a year now...

It is unlikely that Glen Haydon and I will once again start beating
on the doors of major semiconductor vendors to license WISC.  However,
if someone comes beating on our door we're certainly willing to
see what we can work out!

  Phil Koopman                koopman@greyhound.ece.cmu.edu   Arpanet
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