1GHz PDP-11 (Re: Prints for an 11/70)

From: Peter C. Wallace <pcw_at_mesanet.com>
Date: Thu Dec 13 11:20:26 2001

On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Dave McGuire wrote:

> On December 12, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> > If it topped out at 7 MBps, it was probably because the bus handshake was
> > clocked with a CPU clock, in order to ensure the CPU would "see" the
> > transitions.
>
> I am reminded of my favorite piece of broken english, found in a
> Taiwanese PeeCee motherboard manual many years ago:
>
> "If use 387 coprocessor, the clocked by CPU clock."
>
> No, I made no typos there. :-)
>
> -Dave
>
> --
> Dave McGuire
> St. Petersburg, FL
>

I always liked (refering to sticking on the rubber feet of a keyboard):

"Now adhere the regal sticked rubbles"



Peter Wallace
Received on Thu Dec 13 2001 - 11:20:26 GMT