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>Actually, I was reading in a newsgroup, the VMS newsgroup I think it was,
>that the PA-RISC chip is on the Merced chip. Basically, Intel will sell
>Merced's with the chip disabled (kind of like the math co-processor on the
>486 SX's) and HP will sell it with the PA-RISC chip enabled so it can run
>HP-UX.
*sigh*
Look, people, the Merced WILL NOT excuse PA-RISC code directly. It will be
done via emulation/translation, and only a certain particular OS will be
supported (HP-UX 11, I believe they stated -- since HP-UX 11 runs almost all
HP-UX 10.* applications with no problem, I am _guessing_ that this means they
will continue to work).
I really don't know how people get started with this. HP has _never_ stated
that the chip will handle it; all they have stated is that HPUX applications
will continue to be supported.
I suggest you people go read comp.arch for a while; there's a fair bit of
information cropping up there. For example, there's a wonderful thread going
on about HP's previous experience with architecture emulation, including some
interesting comments by people at HP.
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