Corrections to trivia

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Tue Oct 6 17:20:08 1998

< 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 statin

It isn't a single chip microprocessor like it's cousin the 3870. It's
definately in the multichip (IE: required external chips to be a complete
system).

< that the 3850 CPU was as complete as the 8080, so if you are going to cl
< that the 3850 wasn't a single-chip microprocessor, in order to be consis
< you'll have to make the same claim about the 8080.

You are confused. The 8080 is a single chip cpu that requires support
chips. The F8 is a single chip cpu that requires support chips. The
3870 however (or 8048) are single chip microprocessors. See the subtle
difference?

Also the F8 is not as complete a cpu as the 8080 as it really has to have
a lost of stuff around it or special chips to get a nominal data/address
bus to interface to convential rams/roms.

Allison
Received on Tue Oct 06 1998 - 17:20:08 BST