At 04:00 PM 3/9/98 PST, you wrote:
> and I am interested in something that had a processor that
> interacted w/the user and a separate one to do the processing
> (ie a real-time system capable of doing all that a normal one can)
Godbout (CompuPro) made a processor board that had both an 80286 and an
8085. I know, because I worked on such a system in the early 80's.
Meanwhile, in that same box, the disk controller had a Z80 on it.
(I am *so* sorry I didn't go back and snag that system after we (the
employees) left en masse due to not having been paid for several months.)
In the early '80s, I felt rather strongly that the ideal system would be
based on a z8000 (or 80x86 if you must) for number crunching and general
processing and a 68000 for graphics and interface stuff. Put in two
processors and let 'em do what they're best at. Still feel the same, only
these days its the '586/'060 combo (or whatever the latest is).
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Received on Tue Mar 10 1998 - 14:34:26 GMT