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From: eeproks@pyr.gatech.EDU (Robert Viduya)
Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.os.misc
Subject: Re: OS co-processor ??
Message-ID: <4171@pyr.gatech.EDU>
Date: Wed, 7-Oct-87 18:29:49 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  7 18:29:49 1987
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Summary: Intel Co-processors
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In article <2272@umn-cs.UUCP> amit@umn-cs.UUCP (Neta Amit) writes:
>We're are looking into a co-processor that takes over certain OS tasks.
>Specifically, we're thinking about scheduling, interrupts and swaps.
>Possibly deadlock resolution.
>
>Any thoughts? References to the literature?
>
>Thanx in advance,
>		--Neta Amit (amit@umn-cs.arpa  or  amit@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu)
>                  University of Minnesota CSci
>
>-- 
>--Neta Amit (amit@umn-cs.arpa)
>  University of Minnesota CSci

I seem to recall some Intel literature about a co-processor to the iAPX-86
series that supported iRMX.  I think it was called the 80130 or something
like that.  Check with Intel.

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