[ntp:questions] Local (own site) NTP servers.
Danny Mayer
mayer at ntp.org
Wed Jul 29 02:25:27 UTC 2009
David Woolley wrote:
> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>
>> ISTR reading that the Intel 80x86 line was CISC on top and RISC
>> underneath. I couldn't swear to it though. All I ever saw or worked
>> with was the CISC part of it.
>
> I think that pretty much defines CISC. CISC machines are normally
> micro-program driven machines.
They didn't used to be. However, with the VAX 8600, for example, the
instruction set was implemented in microcode. So were the diagnostics
for that matter.
Danny
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