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From: torek@elf.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: New SPARC definition
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Date: 24 Mar 91 00:55:19 GMT
References: <1991Mar21.185847.27784@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> <40492@cup.portal.com>
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In article <40492@cup.portal.com> mslater@cup.portal.com
(Michael Z Slater) writes:
>Version 8 of the spec is indeed an updated architecture definition, not just
>a new implementation. ...

Okay, so just how does one go about obtaining version 8 of the spec?
It would be nice to have both Sprite and our kernel support multiply
and divide instructions, for instance....
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