[rescue] systems with user modifiable microcode.

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 03:42:33PM -0500, Scott Newell wrote:
> >I'm sure I've read papers of people using the 11/60's microcode option
> >for nifty application specific performance enhancements.  The 11/60 I
> >first used Unix on had the option IIRC, but it was unused.
> 
> Sounds like it's another one of those features that would be nifty in
> theory, but few bother with actually using it.

Kinda like the sparc tagged data, huh?  I still haven't seen anyone
putting it to good use.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd