22 Apr
2024
22 Apr
'24
1:21 p.m.
On 4/22/24 13:02, Wayne S wrote:
I read somewhere that the cable lengths were expressly
engineered to provide that signals arrived to chips at nearly the same time so as to
reduce chip “wait” times and provide more speed.
That certainly was true for the 6600. My unit manager, fresh out of
UofMinn had his first job with CDC, measuring wire loops on the first
6600 to which Seymour had attached tags that said "tune".
But then, take a gander at a modern notherboard and the lengths (sic) to
which the designers have routed the traces so that timing works.
--Chuck