In message <17912.955980442@eterna.com.au>matthew green writes
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>   > i dunno.  the i960 is a pretty general purpose cpu.  
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>   Nah. It's targeted towards controller applications - RAID, printers,
>   toasters... Like, why would a general purpose CPU grok 248 separate 
>   hardware interrupts? :)
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>*shrug*
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>i did a lot of work with the i960 in 1991 or so and i came to the
>conclusion that it was a very good general purpose CPU.  it is
>certainly good for controller applications -- but it is *not*
>limited to them by anything other than marketing.

I hear that the older 1991-vintage cores were general-purpose.
But the newer cores are aimed at the embeded market: no MMU,
FPU optional, that kind of thing.