Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!decuac!c3pe!glenn From: glenn@c3pe.UUCP (D. Glenn Arthur Jr.) Newsgroups: net.arch Subject: RISC/CISC combinations Message-ID: <171@c3pe.UUCP> Date: Tue, 8-Jul-86 14:43:56 EDT Article-I.D.: c3pe.171 Posted: Tue Jul 8 14:43:56 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Jul-86 03:35:53 EDT References: <1713@milano.UUCP> <93@intelca.UUCP> Organization: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lines: 9 In article <93@intelca.UUCP>, clif@intelca.UUCP (Clif Purkiser) writes: > It seems that most commercial "RISC" computers use microcode to > implement the more complex instructions (e.g Fairchild Clipper, IBM ROMP) Does the HP Spectrum fit this catagory? At first glance it looked like it, but I've heard both yes and no, but no details. D. Glenn Arthur Jr. ..!seismo!dolqci!hqhomes!glenn