AMD 9511, 9512, Intel 8231, 8232 wanted, will tradeNational MM57109

From: Gary Oliver <go_at_ao.com>
Date: Wed Jan 27 14:42:34 1999

At 01:06 PM 1/27/99 -0700, you wrote:
>You're absolutely correct . . . I actually got out my old AMD MOS
>Microprocessors and Peripherals data book from 1985, and found that the
>9511 is a stack oriented (like the HP calculators, I guess) arithmetic
>processor capable of 16 and 32-bit floating point operations, while the
>9512 is capable of 32 and 64-bit operations.
>
>The 9511, it seems is capable of many more functions, being somewhat
>reminiscent of a "scientific" calculator, while the 9512 is capable of none
>of the transcendental functions which the 9511 supports. Both are
>stack-oriented, therefore ideal for RPN implementation.
>
>My steel-trap mind moves closer and closer every day to being a sievel . .
> oh, well . . . it's HELL getting old.

I don't know... The alternatives aren't nearly as appealing.

Gary

>
>Dick
Received on Wed Jan 27 1999 - 14:42:34 GMT