Re: Mercury

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups	alt.unix.geeks, comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Mercury
Date	2026-04-03 17:54 +0000
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On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 11:06:28 -0400, c186282 wrote:

>    For me, well, CPUs run on Magic Smoke for all intents.
> 
>    I've seen some arcane ancient scrolls that supposedly explain the
>    magic, but I can't translate them.

Before writing a line of FORTRAN IV we spent some time examining the 
anatomy of the System 360. It wasn't down to the transistor level but we 
understood what core was when it was real core. Way before VLSI the blocks 
and interconnections were easier to define. They were easier to see, also, 
considering the early disk drives resembled washing machines.

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  Re: Mercury c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-03 11:06 -0400
    Re: Mercury Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-04-03 16:51 +0000
      Re: Mercury c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-03 14:47 -0400
        CPU architecture (was Re: Mercury) John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-04-03 12:57 -0700
          Re: CPU architecture (was Re: Mercury) c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-03 22:45 -0400
            Re: CPU architecture (was Re: Mercury) Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-04-04 03:27 +0000
            Re: CPU architecture (was Re: Mercury) rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-04 04:57 +0000
        CPU design "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-03 22:00 +0200
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            Re: CPU design "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-04 13:20 +0200
              Re: CPU design c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-04 13:57 -0400
                Re: CPU design "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-04 22:18 +0200
                Re: CPU design Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-04-05 03:44 +0000
                Re: CPU design "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-05 13:58 +0200
                Re: CPU design c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-05 17:19 -0400
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          Re: Mercury The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-04 13:30 +0100
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                Re: Mandriva was Re: Mercury Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-04-06 14:53 -0700
                Re: Mercury The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-06 11:01 +0100

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