26 Sep
2018
26 Sep
'18
9:03 p.m.
On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 06:46:20AM +0000, Lars Brinkhoff wrote:
Peter Jeremy wrote:
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
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...