The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well.
Anne & Lynn Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > as an aside ... there was some similar speculation two decades ago about > such stuff. there was even some speculation that one of the other clone > processor vendors creation of "macrocode" was to enable them to quickly > adapt to such things (be more agile in tracking, implementing, deploying > changes). re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008c.html#29 New Opcdoes http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008c.html#32 New Opcdoes actually such speculation dates back three decades to the introduction of cross-memory instructions and dual-address space mode on 3033 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
