Number: 1418

Date: 14-Jun-84 14':54':42

Submitter: Sannella.PA

Source: Masinter.pa

Subject: Want to get rid of Alto emulator

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Description: '
Description': Almost all of the need for the Alto emulator in Interlisp-D on '
Dolphin and Dorado is gone. At least on the Dorado, it would free up '
substantial amounts of microcode space if we could get rid of the remaining '
needs. '
  we could either retain the current bootstrap/with/BCPL or convert over to a '
new boot regime (which would allow faster startup on Dorado, a real pain now to'
swap in your workingset. '
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I think the main tasks are to move the thernet controller from BCPL into Lisp ('
which may solve some of the performance problems and also some bugs with the '
Dorado ethernet controller) and to move the disk controller into Lisp (maybe it'
is there already). Can you fill this AR out some more, Bill?'


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Attn: vanMelle, jonl

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System: Language Support

Subsystem: Microcode

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Difficulty: Hard

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Impact: Moderate

Priority: Perhaps

Status: Open

Problem Type: Design - Impl

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