PDP-11 Emulator Question

From: healyzh_at_aracnet.com <(healyzh_at_aracnet.com)>
Date: Mon Mar 13 23:45:23 2000

> On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 09:49:07PM -0000, Peter Pachla wrote:
> > > A "WinChip 180" - kinda like a P-180 with extra stuff
> > >onboard to implement video on the CPU....
> >
> > Oh, my, god....it was only a matter of time....
> >
> > Can anyone say "Sinclair ZX-80"...? :-(
>
> Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but when I read that I assumed it was just
> the usual WinChip CPU -- i.e. the IDT/Centaur/C6 thing, a Pentium clone
> which was briefly interesting because it runs on a single voltage so it
> can be used to upgrade pre-MMX motherboards. Unfortunately I don't think
> they're cranking out new ones, but in any case I think it's a normal
> socket 7 CPU, not some horrible thing that does video on the fly on top
> of normal work.
>
> John Wilson
> D Bit

The pictures on the first link I posted show a video chip. So I don't think
it's one of the integrated beasties. Wasn't that Cyrix?

                                Zane
Received on Mon Mar 13 2000 - 23:45:23 GMT