Philips machines (and AMT DAPs)

From: Charles E. Fox <foxvideo_at_wincom.net>
Date: Mon Oct 13 05:49:45 1997

At 09:23 PM 10/12/97 +0100, you wrote:
>
>I wonder if anyone on this list knows anything about the minicomputers
>that Philips were making in the 1970's? They seem to be somewhat uncommon,
>even though a lot of different models seem to have been produced.
>
>Two that I know about are the P850 (a 16 bit machine, with a maximum of 2K
>words of Core and 9 I/O slots, all built from discrete TTL), and the P851
>(a later machine using LSI chips (SPALU was the ALU/register slice, PLANET
>was the control sequencer, taking a maximum of 32K words of MOS RAM). The
>P852, P853, P854, P855 (== P850 with more instructions), P856, P857 and
>P860 are all mentioned in passing in the manuals, but I have no real
>details
>
>
>The other thing I am trying to find information on is the AMT DAP
>(Distributed Array Processor), which seems to have been a square array of
>custom single-bit processors. It's a little too recent for this list (it
>seems to have come out about 9 years ago), but as it's not a PC, I doubt
>anyone will mind discussing it here.
>
>-tony

        Just last week I obtained a Philips Micron 2001, with no technical
information, and would like to find out something about it. (Circa 1981)

                                                                Thanks

                                                                Charlie Fox
Received on Mon Oct 13 1997 - 05:49:45 BST