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From: kenton@abyss.zk3.dec.com (Jeff Kenton OSG/UEG)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Coprocessors
Message-ID: <1991Mar27.123720.3992@decvax.dec.com>
Date: 27 Mar 91 12:37:20 GMT
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In article <10501@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>, chased@rbbb.Eng.Sun.COM (David
Chase) writes:
|> In <2892@megatek.megatek.uucp> mark@megatek.UUCP (mark thompson)
|> writes:
|> 
|> >Whenever I read architecture manuals for (eg. the Moto 68000 series),
|> >they invariably support several coprocessors. Also invariably, one of
|> >those coprocessors is for floating point.
|> ...
|> >Has anyone tried to do something wonderful with one of the undedicated
|> >coprocessors, examples of wonderful being I/O channel controllers or a
|> >business instruction set?
|> 

Didn't the announcement about the Motorola 88110 say something about a
graphics unit?

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