28 Jan
2011
28 Jan
'11
10:46 p.m.
On 28 Jan 2011 at 20:54, dwight elvey wrote:
I always thought is would be fun to make a variable
bit serial computer. Many operations only need a single bit
while the single bit ALU could operate on data, like
adding, one bit at a time and use any length one wanted.
How about instead of bits, 4-bit digits (perhaps with a programmable
switch between BCD and binary math)? I suspect that it wouldn't be
much more complicated than 1-bit serial design. Add an extra bit to
each digit as a flag and you've got yourself a 1620. :)
--Chuck