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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: WE32xxx (was: Ksh availability?)
Message-ID: <6614@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 30-Oct-87 00:21:24 EST
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Posted: Fri Oct 30 00:21:24 1987
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Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
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In article <1800@ho95e.ATT.COM> wcs@ho95e.UUCP (46133-Bill.Stewart,2G218,x0705,) writes:
>So don't sell the 32XXX series short.  It's CISC rather than RISC, but it's
>got a complete chip family, a floating point chip faster than Weitek,
>and good Operating System support

I'm not sure why this discussion is being conducted in comp.sources.d,
but since it is, I'd first like to concur with Bill Stewart -- the
WE32xxx is actually pretty nice; for example, it had a barrel shifter
before the MC68xxx family, despite Motorola hype to the contrary.
Next, I'd like to inquire about the "CRISP" processor described in
a recent Bell Labs CSTR.  Where is this used, anyway?  Is it being
dropped in favor of the SPARC architecture?