6 Aug
2006
6 Aug
'06
5:47 a.m.
Patrick Finnegan writing on Chuck Guzis' commentary:
{ I like that analogy... and in order to add on the rooms, they had to
get rid "of some of the more "interesting" parts of the original, like
the "POP CS" instruction.}
{Some are a horrible nightmare: the intel chip for example, and to a
far far lesser degree, MIPS.}
I quite agree that the 'shack' expanded into the current 8086
conglomeration but we must consider its success. It's practically the
'only' thing left for the masses to experiment with. Those of us still
in pre-PC era(well, trying to stay there - getting harder and harder
these days!), and I do enjoy fiddling-around with my Coleco ADAM and
coding the Z-80, can only wonder and ponder, what-if...
Keep on computing!
Murray :)