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Article #1796Re: CISC Microprocessors
From: Terry Ingoldsby
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1989 23:15
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1989 23:15
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Thanks for all the info about the many different microprocessors.
I had suspected that the 32000 was microcoded (elegant but slow)
and the 6502 was hardwired (primitive but fast). What about the
6809? It seems to have been a very nice chip (for an 8 bit) but
never went very fast. Is this a good indication it was microcoded?
Also, what about the early Intel stuff, say 8080, and 8085. I'm
interested about early designs too.
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Terry Ingoldsby ctycal!ingoldsb@calgary.UUCP
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