14 Sep
2008
14 Sep
'08
8:17 a.m.
Dave McGuire wrote:
On Sep 13, 2008, at 4:46 PM, Alexandre Souza wrote:
Depends on the clock rate. For most PICs, probably not.
Uhm. Clocked at 8MHz, about 4 clocks per instruction, you're already
firing instructions through at four times the speed. Also, you've got
registers, rather than just AC and (maybe) MQ.
I could probably *emulate* a PDP8 on a PIC. I'd prefer to do it on an
AVR though.
Gordon
No
kidding. Right now, I'm working with an ENC28J60 ethernet
controller attached via the SPI port on a PIC. I wonder if the setup
consumes much more power than a couple of front panel lamps on a PDP-
8.
Maybe a pic has more computing power than a PDP-8? :o)