UCSD PASCAL (P-system) P-code Was:(Why is it that ...)

From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_pechter.dyndns.org>
Date: Thu Nov 30 11:21:21 2000

> >Of all the version the PDP-11 version on the 11/03 was fastest
> >compared to apple or Z80 ports.
>
> That's an extremely interesting remark because of two of
> the rumors I heard about the WD P-engine:
>
> 1) It failed because a Z80 could execute P-code faster
> 2) It was a remicrocoded 11/03
> Roger Ivie

I thought it was that the 11/03 was a remicrocoded WD chip?
Anyone know what came first?


Bill

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