Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hp-pcd!orstcs!richardt From: richardt@orstcs.UUCP (richardt) Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm Subject: Re: Re: AmigaDOS not im ROM Message-ID: <2100003@orstcs.UUCP> Date: Sat, 17-Aug-85 18:01:00 EDT Article-I.D.: orstcs.2100003 Posted: Sat Aug 17 18:01:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 19:37:13 EDT References: <3216@topaz.UUCP> Organization: Oregon State University - Corvallis, OR Lines: 14 Nf-ID: #R:topaz:-321600:orstcs:2100003:000:934 Nf-From: orstcs!richardt Aug 17 14:01:00 1985 One (minor) gripe. WCS is the wrong term. I don't know whether Commodore is using that term, but if they are, they're screwed up too. However, it's a reasonable mistake, so: WCS is a nice little beastie found on systems using microcoded processors. The Control Store of a microcoded processor holds the microcode for the instruction set. If you can write data into the store, you have a variable instruction set. In many cases, this writing can occur in real-time -- How's that for self-modifying code! It would be nice if we could get at the M68000's Control Store and play around with it, but alas no. In any case, WCS is NOT a place to stash your OS. BTW, I think commodore did the right think. From the sound of it, Amiga may be extremely versatile just because of this feature (It's not a bug!!!! Yeah!!! For once the marketing department tells the truth!). orstcs!richardt "'Twas brillig, and the slithey todes,"