4 May
2017
4 May
'17
12:37 a.m.
Is the IM6100/6120 still easy to find? I'dve
thought that the supply
was exhausted by now.
One of my *US* parts supplier apparently has qty 500 in stock for the IM6100s! With the
failure rate I've been seeing, figure at least 350 of them are viable, maybe more.
I've also had a bunch come out of the woodwork from other hobbyists with this
project.
Octal for me is quite familiar for 12 bits; I
can't recall ever seeing
a 12-bit word that didn't use it. On the other hand, 16 bits is a
natural for hex--and only gets confusing when it's in octal.
I want to say the only 12-bit work I've done has always been octal (PDP-8), but 8- and
16-bit has been a mix. I can switch between them, but it's kinda like using vim and
$graphical_work_editor -- you use vim on a weekend long hack session and you keep hitting
`ESC:wq` in $graphical_work_editor!
Thanks,
Jonathan