On 21 May 2016 at 17:58, William Donzelli <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, I know - but so what? That is nothing new. The IBM 9370 line from > 20-odd years ago was really an 801 inside, running S/370 in emulation.
I thought it was noteworthy considering that this subthread originated in discussion of how all contemporary processors conformed to certain norms. This example of one that doesn't -- a 36-bit processor which doesn't use 2's complement and so on -- today exists only as a software emulation on an underlying architecture that /does/ conform and which thus doesn't really resemble the architecture being emulated. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: [email protected] • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: [email protected] • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Cell/Mobiles: +44 7939-087884 (UK) • +420 702 829 053 (ČR)
