Ohio Scientific Model 560Z CPU (PDP-8!)

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Fri Mar 26 17:41:26 1999

Yes, I believe you're right. It was a CMOS technology product at a time
when such were less than common. There was a chaper devoted to it in the
old Osborne book(s) about Microprocessors.

I never saw one in a system, though.

Dick

-----Original Message-----
From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Friday, March 26, 1999 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: Ohio Scientific Model 560Z CPU (PDP-8!)


>On Mar 26, 13:14, Richard Erlacher wrote:
>> Subject: Re: Ohio Scientific Model 560Z CPU (PDP-8!)
>> 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.
>
>You're probably thinking of the Intersil 6100, which DEC actually used
>themselves in at least one product.
>
>--
>
>Pete Peter Turnbull
> Dept. of Computer Science
> University of York
Received on Fri Mar 26 1999 - 17:41:26 GMT

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