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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apology to Randy Hyde (was Re: my decision for the LC)
Message-ID: <15225@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 16 Feb 91 20:21:51 GMT
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In article <1991Feb16.053155.8278@nntp-server.caltech.edu> toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:
>The 80386 does 32 bit reads into a byte wide instruction pipeline, which
>strikes me as a fairly simple (if slightly nondeterministic) and elegant
>way to handle a byte oriented instruction stream on a wide bus.

Of course, you cannot DO that on an Apple II, due to the way the soft
switches are organized.  A 65xx family member that exploited this would
be of use in a purely toolset- or kernel-oriented approach to accessing
the system features, however.