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From: moi <findlaybill@blueyonder.co.uk>
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On 02/05/2025 16:18, EricP wrote:

> And a paper on IBM Millicode which is kind of like Alpha PAL code
> and may be similar to Robert's mega-ops.
> 
> The What and Why of System z Millicode 2012
> https://share.confex.com/share/119/webprogram/Handout/Session11773/The%20What%20and%20Why%20of%20System%20z%20Millicode%20-%20%2311773.pdf

Thanks for that reference.

I struggle to see how "miilicode" differs in essentials from
the "extracode" implementation of complex orders on the
Ferranti Orion & Atlas, or the ICT 1900 Series, of 60 years ago.

-- 
Bill F.