26 Nov
2019
26 Nov
'19
7:02 p.m.
On 11/26/19 6:43 PM, ben via cctalk wrote:
But the stange thing now, all the 8 bitters are making
a come back
like the z80 with CP/M (USA) and the 6502 with BBC Micro (UK).
What ever happened to all the wierd early transitor computers that were
like 48+ bits and 4K of core memory hit the surplus market in the mid
1970's?
Other than in very low-level MCUs, I don't see 8 bit micros making a
comeback. And 32/64 bits seems to be the rule for MCUs today.
But surplus 2nd generation machines were common in the 1970s?
CDC had a scorched-earth policy when it came to leased mainframes. I
suspect that IBM did also. I witnessed CEs taking sledgehammers and
bolt cutters to several interesting mainframes. The official directive
was that nothing was to leave the facility that could be re-sold.
--Chuck