Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!ucsd!ucrmath!rhyde From: rhyde@ucrmath.ucr.edu (randy hyde) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Modem usage in applesoft basic (sorry) Message-ID: <13726@ucrmath.ucr.edu> Date: 21 Apr 91 03:30:54 GMT References: <9104200147.AA05353@apple.com> <1991Apr20.054824.22158@nntp-server.caltech.edu> Organization: University of California, Riverside Lines: 15 >>>>> I could actually believe that assembly on such a beast would be reasonable, since I don't think it would need an assembly-from-hell RISC CPU to get good performance, with proper lightweight coprocessors for I/O and DMA built in to the system. <<<<< I've started looking at assembly language on a RISC processor recently (SPARC); mainly because everyone bad mouths RISC assembly so much. It's not that bad. I'd much rather program a SPARC than a Z-80, for example. Certainly with a good set of macros SPARC isn't that bad. *** Randy Hyde (I can't speak for MIPS, HP, or others as I haven't looked at their instructions sets; the swordfish [National Semi] looks pretty good tho.)