Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site celerity.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!bmcg!sdcc6!celerity!bobbyo From: bobbyo@celerity.UUCP (Bob Ollerton) Newsgroups: net.micro.68k,net.arch Subject: Re: RISC Message-ID: <298@celerity.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 19:31:36 EDT Article-I.D.: celerity.298 Posted: Fri Jun 28 19:31:36 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Jun-85 03:09:44 EDT References: <639@vax2.fluke.UUCP> <2743@nsc.UUCP> Reply-To: bobbyo@celerity.UUCP (Bob Ollerton) Organization: Celerity Computing, San Diego, Ca. Lines: 22 Xref: watmath net.micro.68k:977 net.arch:1506 Gee, if someone built a computer that did really fast multiplication (what ever "really fast" is) should they call it the "Rabbit"? I am sure that there are many designs that offer both fast, slow, and no hardware support for multiplication. The user pays for the cost of support for multiplication hardware in the final analysis, either in the cost of the system, or the time spent knitting paper clips together while running a job. Maybe designs with out fast multiplication (and floating point!) should be called the "Lizzard". Then somone can introduce the Micro-LizzardII. ::)) <-echo. bob. . -- Bob Ollerton; Celerity Computing; 9692 Via Excelencia; San Diego, Ca 92126; (619) 271 9940 {decvax || ucbvax || ihnp4}!sdcsvax!celerity!bobbyo akgua!celerity!bobbyo