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From: Michael_MPR_Slater@cup.portal.com
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Subject: Re: Japanese 32-bit micro can be a 68020 or 80386
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Date: 22 May 88 17:48:44 GMT
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The chip is definitely real, and is designed by Masa Shima of 8080/Z80/Z8000
fame, but it does NOT allow the user to modify the microcode.  PC Week got
a bit confused.  It seems that there was an article in the Tokyo general-
circulation newspaper, which got translated and then quoted in Infoworld and
PC week.  I called VM in Tsukuba to get the real story.  Note that the chip
is NOT fully 386 compatible -- it does not implement the MMU functions.

Michael Slater, Editor and Publisher, Microprocessor Report
550 California Ave., Suite 320, Palo Alto, CA 94306 (415) 494-2677
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