1 Sep
2006
1 Sep
'06
11:11 a.m.
Its lddevid. Look at the startup code (bootstrap) in the C compiler and/or OCCAM compiler
to see how it is used...
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From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org on behalf of Ram Meenakshisundaram
Sent: Fri 9/1/2006 2:03 PM
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Subject: RE: transputer internals (was Re: Pentium for Non-PC)
Its undocumented...
Ram
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From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org on behalf of Alexey Toptygin
Sent: Fri 9/1/2006 2:00 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: RE: transputer internals (was Re: Pentium for Non-PC)
On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, Ram Meenakshisundaram wrote:
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Alexey Toptygin wrote:
Really? I've read my copy of "Transputer Instruction Set: A Compiler
Writer's Guide" cover to cover, and I don't recall such an instruction.
I think there's one that lets you load the address of the bottom of
on-chip RAM, but that won't distinguish the other features...
Alexey
unfortunately there was no "what family
member am I running on"
instruction.
That is not entirely true. There are instructions that gives it back on
later versions of the transputer. Can't remember off the top of my head
right now though....