8 Aug
2006
8 Aug
'06
8:21 a.m.
Allison wrote:
The best processor is going to be different based on the person
you are talking to. Everyone has their own idea as to what
features are important, and fond old memories of working on
an ancient (wasn't then) OS tend to sway their decision. If you
go back to one of those old systems, you often think to yourself
"did I really put up with all this crap?"
If you just want to play around with a lot of different CPU
architectures to see what they were like, the 'simh' series of
emulators might be a place to start. Most of them are sturdy
enough to run a real OS, and they have the ability to work
at the instruction level. Includes a simple assembler/
disassembler for each CPU.
Lets you play with a lot of hardware before deciding you want
to spend actual money on them.
Subject: Re:
VAXen RULE! (WAS Microkernels)
From: Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 12:40:34 -0400
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Scott Quinn wrote:
Vax is good but PDP-11 is it's foundation and of the 16bitters it's a very
nice cpu.
Allison
On the positive side, what is the most perfect
computer architecture + implementation people have come across here?
Tell us why, especially if it's something like PERQ or Acorn RISC/pc that is not
common outside of a limited geographic area.
I really dig z/Arch. Extreme CISCy goodness. MMMmmmMMMmmmMMM.
Extreme pleasure in writing assembler.
Peace... Sridhar