Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!agate!saturn!ucscc.UCSC.EDU!haynes From: haynes@ucscc.UCSC.EDU (Jim Haynes) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Books to read before thinking about computer architecture Message-ID: <9221@saturn.ucsc.edu> Date: 26 Sep 89 04:24:09 GMT References: <28168@winchester.mips.COM> <9858@venera.isi.edu> Sender: usenet@saturn.ucsc.edu Reply-To: haynes@ucscc.UCSC.EDU.UUCP (Jim Haynes) Organization: California State Home for the Weird Lines: 11 Well, if we're going to talk about oldies, how about "Planning a Computer System, Project Stretch" ed. by Buchholz. Even though the machine is ancient it's always a pleasure to read something by the designers on why they designed it the way that they did - a kind of literature that is too rare, in my opinion. haynes@ucscc.ucsc.edu haynes@ucscc.bitnet ..ucbvax!ucscc!haynes "Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an Art." Charles McCabe, San Francisco Chronicle