4 Jul
2006
4 Jul
'06
11:08 p.m.
On 7/4/2006 at 10:35 PM Brian Knittel wrote:
While the 1800 has the same
instruction set as the 1130, the CPU's hardware design was done by a
different team to meet different performance goals, and thus the
implementation is not the same.
Very interesting! I recall that Standard Oil in East Chicago, IN where I
grew up had one of the 1800's and allowed high-school students to program
it on weekends.
Does anyone know if the same design situation was true of the 1710, or was
the 1710 really just a 1620 with extra hardware?
Cheers,
Chuck