sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) (06/13/91)
In article <13016@uwm.edu> jgd@convex.csd.uwm.edu writes: >[Of current general purpose machines, how many use multiple register sets? > Unisys 1100/2200 (formerly Univac and Sperry) systems do -- two sets, > one OS only, and one for everything else. Any others?] The ELXSI has multiple register sets. 32, I believe. And it, too, could context switch merely by chaning register sets. The i960 has multiple "local" register sets, but it uses them on a per-call basis, not per-task. -- Sean Eric Fagan | "I made the universe, but please don't blame me for it; sef@kithrup.COM | I had a bellyache at the time." -----------------+ -- The Turtle (Stephen King, _It_) Any opinions expressed are my own, and generally unpopular with others.