Kevin Handy wrote:
I think the
idea of a processer having about 2000?? transistors
and a 8K core stack, with a i/o card having a cpu with say 68000
But, remember, that 8k is 12 bits wide!
And here I thought it was 7777 wide. :)
What I had forgotton is disk data is 12 bits. None the
less a 8 bit micro could process 6 bits at a time :)
Mass storage for REAL* PDP-8's are interesting because
you had paper tape,dec tape and disk storage systems
all needing to be compatable and to have virtual memory
the OS.
*Ones with a front panel.
Ben.
(Mind you if anybody does get a 12 bit hard drive
I would be interested because I am building a 24
bit computer.)