VERACSD@USC-ISI.ARPA (05/31/85)
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PLJennings.Scribe@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA (06/01/85)
From: "Patrick L. Jennings" <PLJennings@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA> I read about the 6085 in Info-IBMPC. It does sound really neat, the user-programmable microcode is the neatest part. I'm impressed they were able to get so much IBM-PC compatibility just by fudging the microcode.
mark@tove.UUCP (Mark Weiser) (06/02/85)
In article <2161@topaz.ARPA> PLJennings.Scribe@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA writes: >From: "Patrick L. Jennings" <PLJennings@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA> > >I read about the 6085 in Info-IBMPC. It does sound really neat, the >user-programmable microcode is the neatest part. I'm impressed they >were able to get so much IBM-PC compatibility just by fudging the >microcode. Unfortunately, I think the user-programmable microcode part of that article was in error. Xerox is extremely close to the vest about their microcode and microcoding tools. I have been trying, as Xerox University Grantee (and so supposedly especially in favor with them) to get at the microcode on Dandelions, and have met considerable resistance. -mark -- Spoken: Mark Weiser ARPA: mark@maryland Phone: +1-301-454-7817 CSNet: mark@umcp-cs UUCP: {seismo,allegra}!umcp-cs!mark USPS: Computer Science Dept., University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742