Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!apple!amdcad!weitek!aimt!phil From: phil@aimt.UUCP (Phil Gustafson) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: RISC v. CISC --(really Cyber 170) Summary: Adding Value Message-ID: <1758@aimt.UUCP> Date: 2 Dec 88 22:53:17 GMT References: <595030314.2944@minster.york.ac.uk> <1762@scolex> <1795@scolex> Organization: Famed Parquet Floor Lines: 18 In article <1795@scolex>, seanf@sco.COM (Sean Fagan) writes: > What happens if you unplug the wire at row 13, column 43, in a Cyber > 170/760? Well, you remove a disable line from a gate. You enable a feature whose name I forget (Environment Swap or something), gain tens of thousands of 1965 dollars worth of feature, and guarantee that your service contract is null and void. phil -- Opinions outside attributed quotations are mine alone. Satirical material may not be labeled as such. -- -- Phil Gustafson, Graphics/UN*X Consultant {uunet,ames!coherent}!aimt!phil phil@aimt.uu.net 1550 Martin Ave, San Jose, Ca 95126