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| Subject | Re: The joy of octal |
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| From | "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> |
| Organization | wokiesux |
| Date | 2024-11-17 00:40 -0500 |
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On 11/16/24 1:14 PM, rbowman wrote: > On Sat, 16 Nov 2024 03:20:33 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote: > >> Alas don't think anymore 12 or 24 bit CPUs are >> gonna be made. Might still have a place for some higher-end >> microcontrollers - hell, I think Epson still makes FOUR-bit >> microcontrollers (looked at the sheet for one once, insanely >> capable). > > https://en.wikichip.org/w/images/2/25/ > MARC4_User's_Guide_qFORTH_Compiler.pdf > > I don't know when the MARC4 was dropped but it held on until this century. > You don't need an Arm M4 to run a coffee pot but 8-bit devices are dirt > cheap. Absolutely correct ! Four bits was more than enough for remote controls, Mr. Coffee, microwaves, vending machines, a whole spectrum of 'small devices'. The chips WERE insanely capable, SO many ways you could set up the pins to serve most any need. Kinda nano-power too. Try : https://global.epson.com/products_and_drivers/semicon/pdf/id002151.pdf Don't see the 4-bitters in their recent product line, but you can still buy 'em. Of course EVERYTHING now needs a GUI type touch interface so ....... https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/epson/S1C17W04F101100/8593592 Remember buttons/switches that went "click !" ? >> >> Hmmm ... 256 of those 4-bitters running parallel - that'd be a fun >> project > > That's dangerously close to reinventing bit-slice. > > https://alchetron.com/Motorola-MC10800 Heh heh ... I mentioned bit-slice to somebody here, but anyone born after 1965 has likely never heard of them :-) But, it WOULD be an interesting experiment in intense parallel 4-bit processing without going into NVidia and such. Periodically, people offer PI "motherboards" for up to four of the plug-in CMs. They do feature channels for inter-board comms. None for the PI5 yet.
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