Zilog System 8000 Model 31 available in Australia

From: ben franchuk <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca>
Date: Fri Nov 22 22:42:00 2002

Cameron Kaiser wrote:
>>In hindsight we now know that 16 bits is too small a
>>addressing range for a general purpose byte/word cpu's
>
>
> I can't believe someone actually said this on *this* list. I think I'll go
> throw out all my 6502-based systems since they're so pointless for general
> purpose computing.

I did not say General purpose computing can't be done,
just that it is a very small amount of memory for most
user programs. It is really hard work to have a useful
programs written on the small 8 bit machines, and fit
in 32k or 48k of memory incuding the OS.

PS use 6809's rather than 6502's. :)
Received on Fri Nov 22 2002 - 22:42:00 GMT