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From: bruceb@amiga.UUCP (Bruce Barrett)
Newsgroups: net.arch
Subject: Re: IBM 801
Message-ID: <373@amiga.amiga.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 9-Dec-85 21:27:27 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  9 21:27:27 1985
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In article <2191@gatech.CSNET> noman@gatech.CSNET (Jeffrey L. Grover) writes:
>	3. The ~801 architecture is being emulated via
>		microcode on a 68000 ( <<== ?? )

	Well, IBM has had practice with this sort of thing...The IBM
XT/370 emulated a 370 by re-microcoding 1 (or 2??) 68000's and an 8087
(for floating point).

--Bruce Barrett