Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!mit-eddi!mit-vax!eagle!harpo!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekecs!paulsc From: paulsc@tekecs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.arch Subject: RISC Message-ID: <1455@tekecs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Jun-83 10:32:50 EDT Article-I.D.: tekecs.1455 Posted: Tue Jun 21 10:32:50 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 26-Jun-83 18:51:33 EDT Lines: 16 I have only seen a couple articles on RISCs, and I don't believe I understand just what is new about a RISC. Could someone explain the difference between programming a RISC and writing microcode? Paul H. Scherf P. O. Box 1000 Del. Sta. 61-201 Tektronix Engineering Computing Systems Wilsonville, Oregon, USA UUCP: ...!XXX!teklabs!tekecs!paulsc (where XXX is one of: aat cbosg chico decvax harpo ihnss lbl-unix ogcvax pur-ee reed ssc-vax ucbvax zehntel) CSNET: tekecs!paulsc @ tektronix ARPA: tekecs!paulsc.tektronix @ rand-relay