How scarce (valuable) is core for the PDP-8?

From: allisonp_at_world.std.com <(allisonp_at_world.std.com)>
Date: Thu Apr 22 11:56:56 1999

> core-like replacements would make more sense in situations
> where (for example) it would be difficult to replace the coin cell
> or AA-pack or whatever every 12-18 months. So many failures
> of PCs (and delightful amounts of "service" fees to repair them)
> involve failure of the battery for the CMOS RAM.

12-18months????? yours must be preaged about 60months when you get them.

> >Because what would the point be for a pc with core and an access time of
> >1000 to 10,000ns per byte/word?
>
> That's hard disk territory, right? :-)

you dont execute directly from the disk. If we did there would eb little
need for a Xeon! ;) then again the code would be tighter.

Allison
Received on Thu Apr 22 1999 - 11:56:56 BST