Intel 8085 - interview?

Eric Smith spacewar at gmail.com
Fri Feb 9 13:59:03 CST 2018


On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 9:56 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> On 02/08/2018 07:18 PM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote:
> > At some point I read an article or a transcript of an interview with an
> > Intel employee (or former employee) who had been involved with the design
> > of the 8085, describing how he had specified additional instructions over
> > those of the 8080, and they had been implemented in the silicon, but then
> > the decision was made to not document any of the new instructions other
> > than RIM and SIM.
> >
> > I no longer recall which Intel employee that was, and can't find the
> > article or interview. Does anyone else remember that, and perhaps have a
> > copy?
>
> Do you mean Cort Allen?   His email a couple of years ago was:
>
> manofquest at aol.com
>

That's not the interview I was thinking of, but it's definitely interesting!


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