In article <001301cd433d$54e60840$feb218c0$(a)comcast.net>et>,
"Michael Holley" <swtpc6800 at comcast.net> writes:
[...] He had a different view of the 4052. To improve
performance, the
designers use an AMD bit-slice processor. It had to emulate the 6800 so the
existing software base could be used. Larry said this product was a
disaster, it didn't run much faster. Sales were poor so he had to cancel the
product.
Interesting because all press reports are to the contrary. I haven't
done any benchmarking between 4051 and 4052, but the 4052 is a
significantly more complex piece of equipment with the bitslice
implementation of the 6800.
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