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just to be clear, the microcode instruction set is not a p-code variant, and in the case of the perq, the microcode memory was volatile memory that had to be loaded on every boot, and could easily be loaded with custom microcode. you didn't have to burn new eproms or anything

i don't think we have any substantive disagreements left, we're just getting tangled up in confusing, ambiguous terminology like 'native' and 'emulation'




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