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From: jfh@killer.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: String Handling and run-time libraries
Message-ID: <724@killer.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 1-Apr-87 16:56:14 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr  1 16:56:14 1987
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Summary: Isn't there a CPU register on Vaxen that tells the CPU type?

In article <6042@mimsy.UUCP>, chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
>
> [ lots of stuff before ]
> Both tricks, however, require some way for user programs to discover
> which CPU is executing them.  [ some more sutff ]

I seem to remember for freshman days that there are registers (other than
R0 -> R15 that contain the information about your CPU type.  Maybe some
of them can be accessed in USER mode...

- john.		(jfh@killer.UUCP)

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