Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: New instructions for RISCs (was Re: Byte ordering) Keywords: bitblt Message-ID: Date: 13 Feb 90 17:08:09 GMT References: <7345@pdn.paradyne.com> <168@zds-ux.UUCP> <79N15F5xds13@ficc.uu.net> <140@illini.osc.edu> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 10 In article <140@illini.osc.edu> djh@osc.edu (David Heisterberg) writes: > "scalar merge" is CRI's terminology, not mine, and, unfortunately, one > can't quite consider a CRAY to be a workstation. One of these days... > However, that's not what I (or the cft77 > compiler) use it for, but then there's more of you than there are of me. Actually, my home workstation (an Amiga) has a BitBlt coprocessor already. -- _--_|\ Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . / \ \_.--._/ Xenix Support -- it's not just a job, it's an adventure! v "Have you hugged your wolf today?" `-_-'