On 1998-04-24 classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu said to lisard_at_zetnet.co.uk
:> I have: 1802, SC/MP, 6800, 6809, NEC D78PG11, 8748/9, 8751,
:>8080/8085, z80, z180, z280, z8002, z8001, 808x, 8018x, 80286,
:>80386, 80486 and the micro version of minis 6100(pdp-8),
:>6120(PDP-8+EMA) TI9900, PDP11(T-11, F11, J-11).
:Showoff :-) No 8008? I always wanted a 4004 (anyone listening out
:there, that's a hint) and an SC/MP. Anybody remember Fairchild F8's?
remember, no. heard of, yes. the Great CPU list is a wonderful thing...
:> Now something with a MIPS chip, ARM, sparc or some such would be
:>a great addition of a real RISC processor.
:Well, I've got all of those, and my favourite is the ARM. I've had
:to write MIPS assembler, and it's not great fun.
most risc processors are not fun to program in assembler. some risc
chips - notably the novix and a few other forth cpus - look like murder
to program. however, one of the design criteria of the arm was that it
was to be easy to program in assembler - and the instruction set
certainly suggests that it should be.
(not having one, we can't say "it is", but hopefully that will be
remedied before too long.)
--
Communa (together) we remember... we'll see you falling
you know soft spoken changes nothing to sing within her...
Received on Fri Apr 24 1998 - 17:35:04 BST