Corrections to trivia

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Tue Oct 6 15:39:27 1998

Allison wrote:
> In some respect the F8 was like many early parts in that the
> CORE CPU was there but glue was needed to make it all work.
> (8080/8224/8228 for example).

I wrote:
> Yes. Are you arguing that the 8080 is not a microprocessor?

Allison wrote:
> Where did you get that idea from. It's a the idea that CPUs don't have
> to be single chip to constitute a microprocessor/microcomputer.

Because earlier in your same message that I quote, you wrote:
> The F8 (NOT the 3870) had bits and piices of the CPU scattered between
> minimum of two chips.

Which was false, anyhow. The entire CPU was on the 3850 chip. But you
seemed to be making the claim that the 3850 wasn't a single-chip
microprocessor because it didn't contain the complete CPU. I was stating
that the 3850 CPU was as complete as the 8080, so if you are going to claim
that the 3850 wasn't a single-chip microprocessor, in order to be consistent
you'll have to make the same claim about the 8080.
Received on Tue Oct 06 1998 - 15:39:27 BST