[PDP8-Lovers] how to clean a PDP8/A, dishwasher? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

16 Dec 2001

From: Ben Franchuk &lt;bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca&gt;
...
 I know that. That is why the early memory chips had
separate in/out pins
to emulate core memory. Everything nowadays tends to be 8 bits with
tri-state 

That might have been a factor but not a requirement.  The reason back
then
was it simplified the timing and construction of the chip.

...
 I/O ( Grumbles here as he has a 12 bit computer and has
to waste 4 bits
out of 16 ) >BTW - some say the best way to cook a fish is in the dishwasher.

Use four bit wide cache parts then.  Or if it's EPROM do three bytes wide
and
select the odd(right 12 bits) or even half(left 12bits).  There are other
schemes
to reuse loose bits!

Allison