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From: rrt@halley.UUCP (Robert Teisberg)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: CISC Microprocessors
Keywords: Microcode vs hardwired?
Message-ID: <560@halley.UUCP>
Date: 11 Aug 89 23:27:40 GMT
References: <405@ctycal.UUCP> <3098@scolex.sco.COM> <486@lexicon.com> <427@ctycal.UUCP> <1163@vsi.COM>
Reply-To: rrt@halley.UUCP (Robert Teisberg)
Organization: Tandem Computers, Austin, TX
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In article <1163@vsi.COM> friedl@vsi.COM (Stephen J. Friedl) writes:
>_Byte_ magazine ran a three-part article on the design of the 6809,
>and they say that it used random logic.  Written by Terry Ritter and
>Joel Boney of Moto, it appeared in Jan/Feb/Mar 1979, and it is very
>good reading.

Authoritative, too, since Terry Ritter and Joel Boney were both
members of the original 6809 team.

>Stephen J. Friedl / V-Systems, Inc.  /  Santa Ana, CA  / +1 714 545 6442 
>3B2-kind-of-guy   / {attmail uunet}!vsi!{bang!}friedl  /  friedl@vsi.com
>
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