27 Jun
2007
27 Jun
'07
4:53 p.m.
Hi,
The only reason I feel Tony's HP can't be
classified as a
microcomputer is because I was taught that a microcomputer
utilized a microprocessor, and I was taught that the definition
of a microprocessor is a processing solution contained entirely
on one chip. Anything larger (more than one chip) and it's a mini....
That's a bit too inflexible a definition. Just off the top of my head, by
that logic, the i8080 is a minicomputer....which it clearly is not.
Likewise, would you consider a processor made from bit-slice devices to be a
mini?
TTFN - Pete.