MAC-8 ????

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Sun Jan 24 10:03:34 1999

I found this in a news-group. I've never heard of a MAC-8 before.


The Bell Labs Technical Journal, Autumn 1997, p53 states:

        The first microprocessor designed at Bell Labs
    was the Mac-8, a general purpose 8-bit micro-
    processor announced February 17, 1977. The
    Mac-8 was designed in 5-micron CMOS, requiring
    7,500 transistors in an area of 32,45 mm2. It was
    packaged in a 40-pin dual inline package and ran at
    3 mHz, providing 0.2 million instructions per sec-
    ond (MIPS) in performance.

Long ago and far, far away in another lifetime; I somehow acquired a tube of
these chips. I've always wanted to get a minimal system going built around
this CPU. However I have NO DATA WHATEVER on them.

Does anyone, anywhere reading this have the necessary hardware/software tech
data to allow me to build and program a small system built around a Mac-8
????????
Received on Sun Jan 24 1999 - 10:03:34 GMT