3 Nov
2008
3 Nov
'08
8:15 p.m.
Robert Borsuk wrote:
Does anyone know of any computers based on the Fairchild 9440 / 9445
cpu?
ps. Google wasn't being my friend.
Can't help with an answer, but thanks for the question: I had never heard of
these before. Pulled out the 1982 IC Master and found some description of them
and some support chips. The support chips are marked "Preliminary" or with
pending availability dates at that time.
Amazing, I'm wondering whether it's another instance of Fairchild missing the
boat in the microproc era, or, as Chuck is suggesting, they were high-end
enough that they were limited to the military market.