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From: khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM (Keith Bierman fpgroup)
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Subject: Re: Computers for users not programmers
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Date: 18 Feb 91 23:39:17 GMT
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In article <8141@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> chased@rbbb.Eng.Sun.COM (David Chase) writes:

...   advantage of the splartzflooie instruction?  Anyone care to speculate
   on what a Nintendo Game-Boy might look like in five years, or the
   effect that BCD might have on this?

How can one by surprised by discussion <de->evolution at the Net ?

Since chips like Swordfish (the new Nsemi 64-bit chip with DSP
onboard; pictures of silicon have been shown, so it probably exists
with at leasta few instructions working ;>) are touted to be such neat
graphics wins....when will we see the toymarket make the transition...
(note that they haven't gone to 32-bit yet ;>).
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