OS's In ROM's (was: Re: Mac Classic prob (was Macintoshes..

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Sun Jun 28 21:03:31 1998

You could have said single chip CPU but in reality what does that mean
as 8088 required a 8084a clock driver and many other chips in practical
use are never quite single chips unless you mean an 8048 or 8051!

<I didn't mention the 11/03 because although it's often described as a
<microprocessor, it's actually a set of 4 40-pin chips (5 with optional
<EIS/FIS instructions) called a D-11. That's the one often called an

The KD11 was four chips (5 with EIS/FIS) but the distribution was CPU core
and Micoms (microcode roms) around it.

<sure there was a stand-alone system using RX02s. Of course, you could al
<count 11/23 systems running standard 7th Edition Unix (1979) on RL02s, li
<the one I have here.

And here too!

Allison
Received on Sun Jun 28 1998 - 21:03:31 BST