Texas Instruments 990 with DS10 disk drive?

From: woodelf <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca>
Date: Wed Feb 23 21:36:46 2005

Tom Jennings wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, steven stengel wrote:
>
>> I can (probably) obtain a Texas Instruments 990, with
>> a 5-foot desk and DS10 disk drive.
>>
>> I don't know much about it, or even what's all
>> included, or what it will cost, but is this something
>> someone here would like to have if I turn it down?
>
>
> Grab it!
>
> Doesn't the 990 have a weird architecture, like no registers, but
> every "page" of memory has registers in the low numbers? Some wierd
> memory-to-memory paradigm...
>
A old computer in the hand is worth three on epay. :)
It is a rather nice 16 bit design, but I belive you use the
first 16 words in a subroutine for local registers.
Ben Alias woodelf
Received on Wed Feb 23 2005 - 21:36:46 GMT