Do you have a list of bit-serial processors [without much integration]?
I would be interested in finding more.......... hopefully.
john
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From: CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com <CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: OT: how big would it be?
>>Well . . . if you mean really discrete, i.e. no TTL SSI/MSI stuff, you
need
>>to recall that a single flip-flop was resistors, capacitors and a handful
of
>>transistors.
>>...
>>There, methinks you'd be talking about a board as big as your dining room
>>table, with miles of wire, and potentially millions of errors to correct.
>
>No, it doesn't have to be as big as a dining room table. Like I said,
>I own several examples of bit-serial processors implemented using
>discrete components - for example, my Monroe programmable calculator -
>which pack everything onto a few square feet of printed circuit board,
>and not incredibly dense PCB's at that.
>
>There are other examples of bit-serial processors in my collection -
>for instance, the HP 9100A - where there is some, but not much, integration
>used. The big PCB in the 9100A is the ROM, while the processor itself
>resides on a daughtercard!
>
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