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From: phil@unisoft.UUCP (Phil Ronzone)
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Subject: Re: looking for stack machines
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Date: Thu, 1-Mar-84 15:47:39 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar  1 15:47:39 1984
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Well - I microcoded and did part of the design for a
C stack machine. It had some nice ideas, as the other
designer was Marv Rubinstein, one of the world's most
experienced compiler writers / machine designers (did
Fortran II in '61, microcoded a 7094 look-alike).
If you send me 8.5 by 11 envelope or mag tape, I'll
send you the 350 page manual.

It was done at (now defunct) Delphi Comm. (part of EXXON!).
Delphi had an ``association'' of some type with TANDEM (non-stop
computers) and had very similar bus architecture. It was
a 32-bit machine, optimized for Pascal and C. We did some
clever things (good solution to Pascal display register problem) etc.