70's computers

[Al Kossow]

On 10/25/18 11:40 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
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>> On Oct 25, 2018, at 1:45 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
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>> On this subject, is there no interest in serial ALU designs?  At one
>> time, if you wanted a low-cast implementation, that was the way to do
>> it.  Also gives you a leg up on variable word-length designs.
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>> Didn't at least one of the more popular MPU designs employ a serial ALU?
>> TMS9900?
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> Serial ALU as a cost saver for low end makes sense in discrete transistor or early SSI machines, like the PDP-8/L.

PDP-8/S
Saul Dinman's machine, who founded GRI

https://books.google.com/books?id=1jTUBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=gri+computer+saul&source=bl&ots=Qqd_woK8KO&sig=Ii8W_8Stxwuo2kHY4uJU6DJXYzc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiF0NeLoKLeAhWTCjQIHbIFB84Q6AEwAHoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=gri%20computer%20saul&f=false


Arrays of single-bit processors have been tried.
CHM has one, I'm blanking on the company name.
We had one in Apple ATG.