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From: jay@metran.UUCP (Jay Ts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m88k
Subject: Re: Paper on 88100,88200...
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Date: 15 Apr 91 02:06:46 GMT
References: <1991Apr14.001058.9309@iitmax.iit.edu>
Organization: Metran Technology, Tampa, Florida
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In article <1991Apr14.001058.9309@iitmax.iit.edu>, demofaa@iitmax.iit.edu (Farhan A. Arain) writes:
>             I have to do a research paper on both 88100 and 88200. I was
> wondering if anyone can email me of a source where I can get applications 
> notes for them? Also, names of any books and/or articles, that contain 
> a general discussion on pipelining and multitasking, relating to m88100?

[I decided to post this instead of replying, because others have been asking
for the same info.  Hope that's ok]

You need to contact Motorola's Literature Distribution Center.  There
are User's Manuals for both the MC88100 and MC88200, and they have
Technical Overviews of both also, along with a number of other publications.

Here's their address:

	Motorola Semiconductor Products Inc.
	Literature Distribution Center
	P.O. Box 20924
	Phoenix AZ 85036-0924
	(602) 994-6561
	1-800-521-6274

Also make sure to contact 88open.  I feel confident that they can also
help you out.  (I have some very nice glossy 8x10" color photos of the
two chips from them, and they have a good not-to-technical summary of
the architecture.)

Their address is:

	88open Consortium Ltd.
	100 Homeland Court, Suite 800
	San Jose CA 95112
	(408) 436-6600

As far as magazine articles go, just ask your friendly local librarian to
show you how to look up articles in technical journals and industry mags.
The 88000 was introduced in April 1988, so if you just look in all the
magazines around then (both before and after), you will find them.
Motorola sent me a reprint from Electronics, Feb 18 1988.  It's one of
the first articles on the 88000, and came out before they settled on
a name for the chip.  There are probably other article reprints available
from Motorola too.

There was a really good article on how the 88000 was designed and implemented.
It appeared in VLSI Systems Design, May 1988, page 24.


Jay Ts, Director
Metran Technology
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