15 Jun
2005
15 Jun
'05
8:24 a.m.
>>>> "William" == William
Donzelli <aw288 at osfn.org> writes:
William> Speaking of PDP-8s, and now PDP-10s - a thought that passed
William> my mind: Is there a good reason why DEC did not use the
William> PDP-8 architecture in the PDP-10, for proper channel
William> controllers? Cheap, versatile, sixbit, and when the KA10
William> came out, already designed. I would have thought it to be an
William> obvious "drop-in" solution.
You mean, analogous to CDC's PPUs? One guess: that wasn't an option
on the PDP-6, and the 10 is the compatible successor to the 6.
paul