Re: Kernelnewbies Digest, Vol 71, Issue 26

Ah yes, you're correct. The Z80 ran the program and the 6502 then handled I/O. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tube_%28BBC_Micro%29?wprov=sfla1 On Fri, 21 Oct 2016, 18:40 , wrote: > On Fri, 21 Oct 2016 17:04:50 -, Laurence Rochfort said: > > > The BBC Micro which was

Re: Kernelnewbies Digest, Vol 71, Issue 26

On Fri, 21 Oct 2016 17:04:50 -, Laurence Rochfort said: > The BBC Micro which was 6502 based had an add on that let you connect a Z80 > straight onto the same bus. If I remember correctly, that one was basically an either/or - you could boot the 6502, or the Z80, but you couldn't run both at

Re: Kernelnewbies Digest, Vol 71, Issue 26

IPS cpu respectively, and these two cpus > are inter-connected with some sorts of bus (PCI or other advanced buses). > > > If it is possible, Is this machine still SMP? What will lscpu (or cat > /proc/cpuinfo) dump? > > > Thx! > -- next part -- > An HT

Re: Is that possible to implement a single machine with heterogeneous architecture.

On Fri, 21 Oct 2016 03:10:28 -, Douglas Su said: > Is that possible to install multiple CPUs which have different architecture > on a single machine? For example, on a single machine with two different cpu > sockets for X86 and MIPS cpu respectively, and these two cpus are > inter-connected