Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site bmcg.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!bmcg!yrdbrd From: yrdbrd@bmcg.UUCP (Larry J. Huntley) Newsgroups: net.arch,net.micro,net.lang.forth Subject: Re: Novix Forth Chip (10 MFP/S?) Message-ID: <1718@bmcg.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 12:15:28 EDT Article-I.D.: bmcg.1718 Posted: Thu Jun 27 12:15:28 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Jun-85 03:26:19 EDT References: <1713@bmcg.UUCP> <5721@utzoo.UUCP> Reply-To: yrdbrd@bmcg.UUCP (Larry J. Huntley) Organization: Burroughs Corp. ASG, San Diego, CA. Lines: 29 Xref: watmath net.arch:1498 net.micro:10891 net.lang.forth:251 Summary: In article <5721@utzoo.UUCP> henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes: >> .... 100 Million Forth Primitives per Second, anyone? >> Can you say "Like a bat out of Hell?" ... > >Yes, and I can also say "damned expensive memory or lots of wait states"! >-- > Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology Come on, Henry; say something nice about *something* just once, huh? At least this chip isn't made by Intel, so that should please you. It does, however, use 64K segments, sort of. -Sigh- I guess you can't please some of the people all of the time. (Aside...) Hey, Forth Freaks -- let's try and develop a suitable punishment for the first idiot who builds a machine using the Novix chip that is "IBM PC Compatible." Boiling in lard? 24-pin DIPs under the finger- nails? Walking on hot glowing heat-sinks? Send in your suggestions today! { .25[ :-)] } 'brd -- Larry J. Huntley Burroughs -(B)- Corporation Advanced Systems Group MS-703 10850 Via Frontera San Diego, CA 92128 (619) 485-4544 -*- "Dear Friends, It's 'ORGAN LEROY' at his organ again." -*-