From: "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Lars Brinkhoff <lars@nocrew.org>
Cc: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org
Subject: Re: [TUHS] SPARC is CRAPS spelled backwards.
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 11:03:52 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180926150352.GE3321@thunk.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7wsh1wdadf.fsf@junk.nocrew.org>
On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 06:46:20AM +0000, Lars Brinkhoff wrote:
> Peter Jeremy wrote:
> > the 8080 was an upgraded 8008
>
> Also note the 8008 instruction set originated at Compuer Terminal
> Corporation (later Datapoint), for use as a text terminal controller.
> I'd say it's an OK design for that purpose...
That's not that only CPU for which this was true. The IBM PC/RT
(e.g., the 6150) CPU was originally designed to be used as a
typewriter controller. It was a RISC design which was approximately 3
times faster than a Microvax, which meant that it was quite popular
for students using MIT's Project Athenna who needed to run Scribe or
TeX/LaTeX. :-)
- Ted
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-09-26 15:04 UTC|newest]
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2018-09-23 18:37 ` Don Hopkins
2018-09-23 19:49 ` A. P. Garcia
2018-09-23 21:17 ` Paul Winalski
2018-09-24 11:25 ` Tony Finch
2018-09-24 19:46 ` Peter Jeremy
2018-09-24 20:20 ` Paul Winalski
2018-09-24 20:45 ` Arthur Krewat
2018-09-26 6:20 ` Peter Jeremy
2018-09-26 6:46 ` Lars Brinkhoff
2018-09-26 15:03 ` Theodore Y. Ts'o [this message]
2018-09-26 15:32 ` Paul Winalski
2018-09-26 15:44 ` Henry Bent
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2018-09-26 16:02 ` [TUHS] Fwd: " William Pechter
2018-09-26 18:24 ` [TUHS] " Donald ODona
2018-09-25 10:00 ` Tony Finch
2018-09-25 15:01 ` Larry McVoy
2018-09-25 19:48 ` Peter Jeremy
2018-09-25 18:34 ` Paul Winalski
2018-09-24 11:48 Noel Chiappa
2018-09-25 12:12 Noel Chiappa
2018-09-25 14:49 ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2018-09-26 19:31 ` Derek Fawcus
2018-09-25 15:29 ` Arthur Krewat
2018-09-25 18:41 Noel Chiappa
2018-09-27 7:35 Paul Ruizendaal
2018-09-27 7:52 ` Arrigo Triulzi
2018-09-27 18:03 Nelson H. F. Beebe
2018-09-27 19:34 ` Nemo
2018-09-27 20:30 ` Dan Cross
2018-09-27 20:51 ` Cág
2018-09-27 21:01 ` Henry Bent
2018-09-27 21:04 ` Cág
2018-09-27 21:07 Norman Wilson
2018-09-28 12:08 Nelson H. F. Beebe
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