MicroVAX II

From: Fred N. van Kempen <Fred.van.Kempen_at_microwalt.nl>
Date: Tue Nov 26 18:40:01 2002

Tony,

> I do wonder just hwat is taught in universities these days :-(.
Aside from how to surf the net? Visual Basic and Java are hot topix
nowadays. :)

> Pity. IMHO, one of the main reason that soft-microcoded CPUs are
> interesting is that you can modify yhr micorocode yourself.
Dude.. I have a hard time explaining to friends what microcode *is*.
They do not get the idea of single-stepping a CPU through its microcode..

--f
Received on Tue Nov 26 2002 - 18:40:01 GMT