My contribution for the week, ABE has one for $9.95. Search for
publisher = MICRODATA.
http://www.abebooks.com/
Bet it won't be there for long...
--M
Jay West wrote:
>
> Lame? I think NOT!!!! Talk about historical....
>
> The Microdata was THE very FIRST commercial Pick operating system based
> computer. It was the one Dick Pick and Chandru Murthi gave the Pick
> operating system to the world on. Why was it chosen? Simple... the microcode
> architecture was extremely flexible. They wrote the operating system using a
> virtual (or "mythical") instruction set, then programmed the firmware
> (EEPROM) with the necessary missionary to native instructions to execute the
> virtual code. Most other operating systems are designed the other way
> around. Absolutely fascinating, and certainly historical.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jay West
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo_at_siconic.com>
> To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 9:51 AM
> Subject: Re: Microdata "Microprogramming Handbook"
>
> > On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Pat Barron wrote:
> >
> > > I happened across one of these recently, and have no real interest in
> > > Microdata. So, I've listed the thing on eBay, check it out if
> > > interested...
> > >
> > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1326034396
> >
> > Lame.
> >
> > Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
> Festival
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Received on Fri Jan 25 2002 - 19:00:09 GMT