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From: mike@sojurn.UUCP (Mike Sangrey)
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Subject: Re: Incremental sync()s and using disk idle time
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Date: 20 Apr 91 23:26:55 GMT
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In article <ZU=9R=8@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>Here we're talking about putting file systems in smart processors. How about
>putting other stuff there?
>

The A-series computers of Unisys even put the process task switches (if I 
remember rightly) on separate hardware.

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