Whitechapel Computer Works MG-1

On 11/30/2014 02:36 PM, Jon Elson wrote: The 16032 with graphics instructions addition (Bitblt) as the 32CG16 found some use in laser printers, also--Canon and Panasonic used it on some of their models. I called it the "whenever" chip. Sometime around the time that the 68K burst onto the scene, a couple of guys from NSC to give us a "preview" of the 16-bit version. Promising silicon the upcoming December (ISTR that this was about March) and pre-production samples "Real Soon Now", we had the next generation of systems designed and into production before that came about a couple of years later. Make no mistake, this was a remarkable design for the time, architecturally speaking. According to WikiP, the original intention was to clone the VAX, but the legal challenge to DEC was abandoned. I think that some avoided NSC when it came to MPUs--support wasn't what it should have been, nor the marketing attention span. NSC was fine as a second-source for many things, but there was a certain reluctance, I think, in the industry to use them as the prime source. I think I've still got an 32CG16 rattling around in my "MPU morgue"--PLCC package, if memory serves. --Chuck