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Unearthing my 1996 windowed OS in machine code for Am29000 homebrew computer

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  1. rob74 · · focus · HN ↗
    > The AMD Am29000 processor came out in 1987, also announced as the world's fastest processor (do you see a meme here?) and it could process one instruction every cycle, so indeed it was fast.

    The AMD 29k - the fastest CPU you never heard of? No, seriously, I am quite interested in computer hardware, and Computer Architecture by Patterson&#x2F;Hennessy was required reading during my studies, but I can&#x27;t say I ever heard of this CPU architecture, which is &quot;based on the seminal Berkeley RISC&quot; (according to <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;AMD_Am29000" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;AMD_Am29000). And it seems to have been quite widely used, but not in an actual computer (except for this one)...

    1. dboreham · · focus · HN ↗
      This is because history gets written by the victors.
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