Altair - A different perspective

From: pechter_at_babel.ho.lucent.com <(pechter_at_babel.ho.lucent.com)>
Date: Wed Aug 26 11:47:08 1998

In a message Jeff Kaneko said = >

RE:Pascal Micro Engines

> Now *that's* historic! Western Digitals first (and last) CPU effort, the
> first HLL ever implemented as an instruction set on a chip (afaik, anyway),
> rare as hen's teeth (I'll bet it's scarcity is on the order of the Apple I),
> not to mention that it was a *very* early 16-bit system that was actually
> available to mere mortals.
>
> It was a good idea; but as is so common in this business, the old axiom
> held true:
> No good deed goes unpunished.
>
> I think WD lost their shirt on this one . . .
>
> Jeff
>
>


I thought the DEC LSI11 (PDP11/03) used a variety of this chip with different
microcode roms.

Folks?

Bill

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