Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 15:30:36 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: ejs@bfd.com (Eric J. Schwertfeger) Cc: mal@kairos.algonet.se, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Make this a relese coordinator decision (was Re: ports-current/packages-current discontinued) Message-ID: <199708052230.PAA06822@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970805142026.9281C-100000@harlie.bfd.com> from "Eric J. Schwertfeger" at Aug 5, 97 02:21:40 pm
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> > (*) Or was it _two_ of them? I have some faint memories they had to use > > two to make it work with a multi-process os. > > If I remember right, the 68010 had a limitation that made it difficult to > deal with page faults, so the second 68010's purpose was to take care of > page faults, then let the primary 68010 continue. Instruction restart was a problem on the 68010. The second processor ran one behind to handle the restart. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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