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06/02/06 16:10
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 		 #117614 - DEC even called some "micro-computers"
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Notably the PDP-8 was called a mini, but the LSI-11 family up to the 11-34 were often called micro's in DEC literature.

The PDP-8 was a great machine in it's day, and found its way into many domestic telephone switches which to my surprise were still in use in 1989.

The big difference between a PDP-8 or -11's was I/O. Even today with our "wonder-dog" Pentiums it is a laugh to stop the world with just a floppy or CD i/o operation. This is of course, architecturally based, and the robustness of the DEC i/o method was equally architectural, making machines that didn't execute at a single MIP to perform wonderfully.

regards,
p


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      You Sure            01/01/70 00:00      
         Philips was too smart ...            01/01/70 00:00      
      single source of the 251            01/01/70 00:00      
   at a recent survey of proposed 16 bit ne            01/01/70 00:00      
   I used no Intel 8051            01/01/70 00:00      
      A resounding "So what?"            01/01/70 00:00      
      Flash            01/01/70 00:00      
         they were and what a piece of s#!+            01/01/70 00:00      
            Never had problems            01/01/70 00:00      
            No problems detected            01/01/70 00:00      
               it was 1993?            01/01/70 00:00      
               I don't use ATMEL anything!            01/01/70 00:00      
      in the olden days there was Intel and ..            01/01/70 00:00      
         True, but that was then            01/01/70 00:00      
            the first "processors for embedding" ...            01/01/70 00:00      
               DEC even called some "micro-computers"            01/01/70 00:00      
   Some hype there            01/01/70 00:00      
      Low Margin vs High margin            01/01/70 00:00      
         Spin-off            01/01/70 00:00      
   I imagine they are going to buy someone            01/01/70 00:00      
      is it official???            01/01/70 00:00      
         it is official :o(            01/01/70 00:00      
         It is official            01/01/70 00:00      
   Pshaw! ... young whippersnappers ...            01/01/70 00:00      
      Dating Yourself Richard ...            01/01/70 00:00      
      history            01/01/70 00:00      
         I'd quibble about some of the "facts"            01/01/70 00:00      
            where did I said that?            01/01/70 00:00      
            MCS family different            01/01/70 00:00      
               does everything not spring from the 4004            01/01/70 00:00      
                  two groups            01/01/70 00:00      
                     I know this a bit differently            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Hi-Tech Jewelry            01/01/70 00:00      
               Well, the 802x was a "small" 8048            01/01/70 00:00      
                  "microcomputer"            01/01/70 00:00      
                     as opposed to a single-board computer            01/01/70 00:00      
                        8021            01/01/70 00:00      
   what is about license?            01/01/70 00:00      
      No - production just stopped.            01/01/70 00:00      

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