Any *really* homebrewing going on?

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Mon Oct 5 18:09:43 1998

Tony Duell wrote:
> Does anyone else remember the PIC that was a clone of the TM7000
> microcontroller (or maybe the other way round)? It was something like a
> PIC7001.

There was a PIC1670, but that had nothing to do with the TMS7000. The
GI PICs were introduced way before the TMS7000.

It's certainly possible that GI second sourced or cloned the TMS7000, but
I never heard of it. GI second-sourced the TMS32010 DSP chip, and Microchip
still offered it for a few years after they were spun off.

As far as more powerful (non-DSP) microprocessors go, they seemed to try
really hard to push the CP1600 16-bitter (Gemini?). Parts from this family
were found in the Intellivision video game system.

Eric
Received on Mon Oct 05 1998 - 18:09:43 BST