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Conference tallis::vax

Title:	VAX Architecture

Moderator:	TALLIS::REITH

Created:	Thu Feb 06 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Feb 25 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	339
Total number of notes:	1680

112.0. "Alcoa and word tearing" by GLORY::GORDON (Doug Gordon - ECA Consultant) Mon Jun 15 1987 11:49

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
112.1	Additional information	GLORY::GORDON	Doug Gordon - ECA Consultant	`Mon Jun 15 1987 16:43`	54
112.2	TANSTAAFL	STAR::FARNHAM	Gordon Setter puppies whelped 6/7/87: 3m,6b	`Tue Jun 16 1987 10:15`	12
112.3	Need more info...	CRAIG::YANKES		`Tue Jun 16 1987 10:38`	71
112.4	Atomicity, Quadwords, and You	OMEGA::REILLY		`Tue Jun 16 1987 12:37`	104
112.5	More information needed	TLE::HARRIS	Kevin Harris	`Tue Jun 16 1987 13:24`	6
112.7	It's Worse Than You Think	ULTRA::MASON	Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?	`Tue Jun 16 1987 19:33`	15
112.8	Responses to previous replies	GLORY::GORDON	Out standing in the field	`Wed Jun 17 1987 08:42`	52
112.9	Read them backwards	WIBBIN::NOYCE		`Wed Jun 17 1987 08:53`	28
112.10	MOVQ is atomic only to other instructions	EAGLE1::LEONARD	VAX Architecture Management	`Wed Jun 17 1987 10:33`	17
112.11	Still doesn't work.	PASTA::WATERS		`Wed Jun 17 1987 13:41`	50
112.12	Queued mutex operations	QUARK::LIONEL	We all live in a yellow subroutine	`Thu Jun 18 1987 00:16`	37
112.13	Eventcounts	EAGLE1::LEONARD	VAX Architecture Management	`Thu Jun 18 1987 11:31`	44
112.14		ULTRA::MASON	Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?	`Fri Jun 19 1987 00:16`	16
112.15	fix it right	KONING::KONING	NI1D @ FN42eq	`Fri Jun 19 1987 11:55`	36
112.16		EAGLE1::LEONARD	VAX Architecture Management	`Fri Jun 19 1987 14:53`	4
112.17	Correction to .12	QUARK::LIONEL	We all live in a yellow subroutine	`Fri Jun 19 1987 16:25`	6
112.18		WIBBIN::NOYCE		`Mon Jun 22 1987 08:55`	22
112.19	Discussion straying	GLORY::GORDON	Out standing in the field	`Mon Jun 22 1987 13:16`	35
112.20	How about some automation?	NOVA::BERENSON	Hal Berenson	`Mon Jun 22 1987 18:11`	6
112.21	Asynchronous multiprocessing seems legitimate.	PASTA::WATERS		`Mon Jun 22 1987 19:11`	36
112.22	Ada has it, sort of	QUARK::LIONEL	We all live in a yellow subroutine	`Mon Jun 22 1987 21:00`	11
112.23	Alternative solutions	GLORY::GORDON	Out standing in the field	`Tue Jun 23 1987 08:15`	33
112.24		KONING::KONING	NI1D @ FN42eq	`Tue Jun 23 1987 16:12`	5
112.25	What's the advantage of HLL support?	PASTA::WATERS		`Tue Jun 23 1987 18:12`	45
112.26		ULTRA::MASON	Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?	`Wed Jun 24 1987 17:03`	5
112.27	Critical sections	GLORY::GORDON	Out standing in the field	`Thu Jun 25 1987 09:22`	29
112.28		KONING::KONING	NI1D @ FN42eq	`Thu Jun 25 1987 11:45`	41
112.29	Stale Cache Data- a Heisenbug?	ISTG::YERAZUNIS	VAXstation Repo Man	`Thu Jun 25 1987 16:48`	38
112.30		QUARK::LIONEL	We all live in a yellow subroutine	`Thu Jun 25 1987 20:14`	7
112.31	spin loops on Nautilus	EAGLE1::EGGERS	Tom, 293-5358	`Fri Jun 26 1987 11:51`	50
112.32	Red Herring?	CHOVAX::YOUNG	Back from the Shadows Again,	`Sun Jun 28 1987 23:12`	24
112.33	"buffered write-through cache"?	LDP::FORBES	Bill Forbes - LDP Marketing	`Sun Jun 28 1987 23:12`	64
112.34	The code makes it clearer	WIBBIN::NOYCE		`Mon Jun 29 1987 09:09`	24
112.35		KONING::KONING	NI1D @ FN42eq	`Mon Jun 29 1987 10:56`	10
112.36	Don't cut corners	QUARK::LIONEL	We all live in a yellow subroutine	`Mon Jun 29 1987 10:59`	18
112.37	spin loops resolved	EAGLE1::EGGERS	Tom, 293-5358	`Mon Jun 29 1987 12:12`	51
112.38	serialization of writes	EAGLE1::EGGERS	Tom, 293-5358	`Mon Jun 29 1987 12:32`	70
112.39	Does 8800 follow this proposed ECO?	TLE::HOBBS		`Mon Jun 29 1987 16:43`	36
112.40	Don't understand	BISTRO::BLOMBERG	Ancient System Support	`Tue Jun 30 1987 04:27`	10
112.41	Bogus benchmark or lack of imagination?	SMURF::JMARTIN	Joseph A. Martin, ULTRIX kernel	`Tue Jun 30 1987 09:29`	16
112.42	Asynchronous Algorithms can work.	OMEGA::REILLY		`Tue Jun 30 1987 10:25`	27
112.43	Perhaps we need 2 models	TLE::HARRIS	Kevin Harris	`Tue Jun 30 1987 11:47`	85
112.44	I think 8800 does follow rule	EAGLE1::STEELY		`Tue Jun 30 1987 12:05`	36
112.45	What should we do?	EAGLE1::EGGERS	Tom, 293-5358	`Tue Jun 30 1987 12:10`	22
112.46	Dijkstra on "Co-operating Sequential Processes"	EAGLE1::EGGERS	Tom, 293-5358	`Tue Jun 30 1987 15:56`	35
112.47		CHOVAX::YOUNG	Back from the Shadows Again,	`Tue Jun 30 1987 20:09`	14
112.48	benchmark results	EAGLE1::EGGERS	Tom, 293-5358	`Wed Jul 01 1987 10:49`	19
112.49	did you try quad alignment?	TALLIS::STEWART		`Wed Jul 01 1987 11:39`	5
112.50		KONING::KONING	NI1D @ FN42eq	`Wed Jul 01 1987 13:26`	5
112.51	the future SHOULD get better!	EAGLE1::EGGERS	Tom, 293-5358	`Wed Jul 01 1987 13:44`	15
112.52	High-level software affected	GLASS::GORDON	Out standing in the field	`Mon Jul 06 1987 09:11`	42
112.53	About lock modes	WIBBIN::NOYCE		`Mon Jul 06 1987 09:38`	27
112.54	8800 quadword access results	GLASS::GORDON	Doug Gordon, ECA Consultant	`Mon Jul 06 1987 10:28`	14
112.55	writes one, reads two	TALLIS::STEWART		`Mon Jul 06 1987 12:59`	9
112.56	More experiments!	TLE::HARRIS	Kevin Harris	`Mon Jul 06 1987 15:16`	9
112.57	Ebox takes 1 LW at a time	BISTRO::BLOMBERG	Ancient System Support	`Tue Jul 07 1987 04:25`	8
112.58	If you were a customer, would you buy this?	RDGENG::CORNE	Machine code will rise again	`Tue Jul 07 1987 04:59`	10
112.59	Yes, sell it!	SMURF::JMARTIN	Joseph A. Martin, ULTRIX kernel	`Tue Jul 07 1987 07:56`	24
112.60	not the same thing	KONING::KONING	NI1D @ FN42eq	`Tue Jul 07 1987 11:33`	12
112.61		TLE::HOBBS		`Tue Jul 07 1987 16:50`	14
112.62	No absolutes here	TLE::HARRIS	Kevin Harris	`Tue Jul 07 1987 17:36`	28
112.63		RDGENG::CORNE	Machine code will rise again	`Wed Jul 08 1987 05:09`	6
112.64		KONING::KONING	NI1D @ FN42eq	`Wed Jul 08 1987 11:08`	8
112.65	A non-solution	16BITS::KRUGER		`Wed Jul 08 1987 18:23`	6
112.66		KONING::KONING	NI1D @ FN42eq	`Wed Jul 08 1987 18:55`	7
112.67	Tough to fix	EAGLE1::STEELY		`Fri Jul 10 1987 16:13`	10
112.68	Customer's decision	GLORY::GORDON		`Tue Jul 14 1987 09:42`	29
112.69	a software solution?	IOSG::DEMORGAN	Richard De Morgan, IOSG	`Wed Jul 15 1987 05:26`	62
112.70		KONING::KONING	NI1D @ FN42eq	`Wed Jul 15 1987 10:11`	7
112.71	Baudet article	EAGLE1::EGGERS	Tom, 293-5358	`Thu Aug 06 1987 15:17`	5
112.72	DEC response to Alcoa	EAGLE1::EGGERS	Tom, 293-5358	`Thu Aug 06 1987 15:44`	165
112.73	VAX Ada uses one process today	WIBBIN::NOYCE		`Fri Aug 07 1987 09:00`	14
112.74	A couple notes from elsewhere in the field.	SKYLRK::LLOYD	Lloyd Wheeler	`Fri Aug 07 1987 12:23`	40
112.75	Don't forget VAXELN Ada!	QUARK::LIONEL	We all live in a yellow subroutine	`Sat Aug 08 1987 18:08`	14
112.76		VIDEO::LEICHTERJ	Jerry Leichter	`Tue Sep 01 1987 23:40`	25
112.77	What do we tell Alcoa?	EAGLE1::EGGERS	Tom, 293-5358	`Wed Nov 11 1987 17:21`	158
112.79	detecting shared accesses	EAGLE1::EGGERS	Tom, 293-5358	`Thu Nov 12 1987 23:35`	11
112.80		EAGLE1::LEONARD	VAX Architecture Management	`Fri Nov 13 1987 08:57`	4
112.81	Synchronization overhead	EAGLE1::EGGERS	Tom, 293-5358	`Fri Nov 13 1987 11:37`	18
112.83	Preemptive scheduling Does happen	STAR::HARVEY		`Fri Nov 13 1987 12:52`	14
112.84	Misc info (corrected)	EAGLE1::EGGERS	Tom, 293-5358	`Sun Nov 15 1987 23:31`	47
112.85	Single-preci	CHOVAX::YOUNG	Back from the Shadows Again,	`Wed Nov 18 1987 22:27`	9
112.86	Discussion of yesterday's meeting	CAIRN::HARRIS		`Fri Nov 20 1987 10:43`	65
112.87	Meeting with Alcoa	EAGLE1::EGGERS	Tom, 293-5358	`Fri Nov 20 1987 15:55`	36
112.88	Business Week article	CAIRN::HARRIS		`Tue Nov 24 1987 11:04`	103
112.89	Don't solve the problem in Flatland	20263::JMARTIN	Joseph A. Martin, ULTRIX kernel	`Tue Nov 24 1987 12:57`	31
112.90	Input from Alcoa	OVDVAX::WILSON_P		`Tue Nov 24 1987 14:36`	25
112.91		ULTRA::MASON	Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?	`Tue Nov 24 1987 19:23`	20
112.92	Final Position	EAGLE1::EGGERS	Tom, 293-5358	`Fri Dec 04 1987 16:58`	29
112.93	atomicity of references	EAGLE1::EGGERS	Tom, 293-5358, VAX Architecture	`Tue Sep 13 1988 15:22`	2