Phillip R. Jaenke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...]
> I'll buy that, since upon closer inspection, the 'P' seems to typically > indicate that it's a PCI bus system from further investigation. Still > haven't found any full specs on it. Question remains, is the 601 gonna > work? If the 601 is byte-for-byte assembly compatible with 603, I'd > say definitely, but the 601 predates the 603, which leads me to believe > that there may be 603 instructions that aren't on the 601. Somebody have > a 601 or specs so they can check into this? IIRC, the 601 has *more* instructions than the 603, as it was supposed to be compatible with IBM's POWER instruction set. This ended up causing a great deal of performance problems when the 603 came out, since these instructions generated exceptions that were handled via software. It's been a while since I've looked into such things, though. You might want to check out Motorola's web site, as they have manuals for all those chips available for download. HTH, cbb
