transputer internals (was Re: Pentium for Non-PC)

[Alexey Toptygin]

On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, Ram Meenakshisundaram wrote:

> On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Alexey Toptygin wrote:
>
>> unfortunately there was no "what family member am I running on"
>> instruction.
>
> That is not entirely true.  There are instructions that gives it back on 
> later versions of the transputer.  Can't remember off the top of my head 
> right now though....

Really? I've read my copy of "Transputer Instruction Set: A Compiler 
Writer's Guide" cover to cover, and I don't recall such an instruction.
I think there's one that lets you load the address of the bottom of 
on-chip RAM, but that won't distinguish the other features...

 			Alexey