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"Microprocessor" also meant "microcoded processor" in some circles.  I have seen it used about the [http://bitsavers.org/pdf/xerox/alto/Alto_Hardware_Manual_Aug76.pdf Alto] and [http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/xerox/maxc/MAXC_8.1_Spec.pdf MAXC] processors, so maybe it was a PARC thing.  If those two examples are all I can find, I will not bring it up any more. [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]]) 20:56, 7 April 2021 (CEST)
 
"Microprocessor" also meant "microcoded processor" in some circles.  I have seen it used about the [http://bitsavers.org/pdf/xerox/alto/Alto_Hardware_Manual_Aug76.pdf Alto] and [http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/xerox/maxc/MAXC_8.1_Spec.pdf MAXC] processors, so maybe it was a PARC thing.  If those two examples are all I can find, I will not bring it up any more. [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]]) 20:56, 7 April 2021 (CEST)
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: Hunh. I have never heard that one; I've always heard the term 'microcoded' for that. I wouldn't mind listing it as 'rare second meaning', if you think it's desirable. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 21:57, 7 April 2021 (CEST)

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"Microprocessor" also meant "microcoded processor" in some circles. I have seen it used about the Alto and MAXC processors, so maybe it was a PARC thing. If those two examples are all I can find, I will not bring it up any more. Larsbrinkhoff (talk) 20:56, 7 April 2021 (CEST)

Hunh. I have never heard that one; I've always heard the term 'microcoded' for that. I wouldn't mind listing it as 'rare second meaning', if you think it's desirable. Jnc (talk) 21:57, 7 April 2021 (CEST)