My memory is probably faulty but wasn't the 560Z CPU board the triple
processor board (6800,6502, & 8080)?
George
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Beaverton, Oregon
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On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> Back in the old days, somebody or other, I'll look it up later (General
> Instruments, I believe), made an LSI which was essentially compatible with
> the PDP8-E. The idea was that it was much less of a maintenance headache to
> have the CPU in microelectronic form as opposed to the ssi-msi
> implementation commonly seen.
>
> These didn't fare to well on the market because of the rapid evolution of
> the commercial microcomputer industry.
>
> Dick
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Sudbrink <bill_at_chipware.com>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> Date: Friday, March 26, 1999 12:43 PM
> Subject: Ohio Scientific Model 560Z CPU (PDP-8!)
>
>
> >I just got another box of OSI marketing lit.
> >One of the items is a single sheet glossy
> >with no date, but showing C1s C2s and C3s.
> >Since there is no mention of anything else,
> >I assume it's from 1977. Here's the kicker:
> >It lists a Model 560Z CPU board with PDP-8
> >code compatibility! Has anyone on the list
> >ever seen or heard of one of these?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Bill Sudbrink
> >
>
>
Received on Fri Mar 26 1999 - 15:07:59 GMT