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From: rogerk@mips.com (Roger B.A. Klorese)
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Subject: Re: r3000 and r4000 Arch books for public eyes yet?
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Date: 12 Apr 91 16:06:31 GMT
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In article <2291@cluster.cs.su.oz.au> rex@cluster.cs.su.oz (Rex Di Bona) writes:
>Now, the R4000, I'm drooling on the keyboard waiting for some real
>documentation about it's instructions set, currently we have to be content
>to know that it's upwardly compatible with the R2000/R3000 (and I hope
>R6000)
>
>All in all, it is easy to know about the core of the architecture, and the
>Kane book is very well written, but I'd love to see a new edition with the
>R4000/R6000 in it :-)

We're within a few months of it.  Remember that the R4000 chip set (as opposed
to the technology) is still not officially announced.  Look for the book at the
time of the announcement.
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