How many of you like HP41C calculators?

From: vance_at_neurotica.com <(vance_at_neurotica.com)>
Date: Wed Nov 19 00:41:19 2003

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Tony Duell wrote:

> > (one store for program and data; programs ARE data) or Harvard
> > (instructions are in a separate store from data memory) architecture?
> >
> > Strictly-speaking, Microchip's PICs are NOT COMPUTERS. Of course I
> > don't
>
> Since when? AFAIK, Harvard architecture machines are computers.
> Self-modification of programs is not a requirement.

Couldn't you make a harvard architecture machine that can modify its own
code? Like a doohickey that punches a card and inserts it into the deck
on the reader?

Peace... Sridhar
Received on Wed Nov 19 2003 - 00:41:19 GMT

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