7 May
2009
7 May
'09
12:46 p.m.
Dave McGuire wrote:
On May 7, 2009, at 3:30 PM, bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca
wrote:
I was thinking a NEW board set with just 18 bits of dynamic memory
but still the split I&D spaces. DEC, Intel and Motorola where the only
designs I know of that could access more than 64KB and still be
a 8/16 bit CPU at the time. A 16 bit 2901 design may have hit the market
too but I can't think of good instruction set for it.
Ben.
For a alternate world ... Had the PDP 11 been
reduced to a simple IC
design
and operation code set, DEC may have got the PC market.
Umm...T-11? F-11? J-11? -Dave