23 May
2018
23 May
'18
3:47 p.m.
On 05/22/2018 10:46 PM, Lars Brinkhoff via cctech wrote:
This is with a microEclipse CPU, right?
I'm surprised the Nova/Eclipse architecture doesn't get more love.
It seems quite pleasant.
As I recall--and please correct me--DG was extremely hostile to the
notion of third parties incorporating the MicroNova in any of their
products.
The same situation applied to the Fairchild 9440 MicroFlame, which was
essentially a clone of the MicroNova architecture. I recall that
Fairchild didn't want to talk to you (I tried) if you weren't in defense
or aerospace or the like.
The basic idea of the 4x16 bit register 16-bit architecture was copied
to some extent by National Semi in their multichip IMP-16 and
single-chip PACE and 9440, but it was mostly in the "spirit of a
Nova"--performance wasn't all that great in comparison to the current 8
bit MPUs.
Weren't the MCBA business applications originally written in Nova BASIC?
--Chuck