Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

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From: Christopher C. Wood
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1995 16:35

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In article <3vo6jo$esp@inca01.inca.co.nz>, gmiller@inca.co.nz (Gaven Miller) writes:
|> Luc Dumaine (ldumaine@olivaw.dedal.fr.net) wrote:
|> > Jeff Medcalf (214) 280-5970 IBM SDO (medcalf@ppc5.svo.dfw.ibm.com) wrote:
|> > : christw@meaddata.com (Christopher C. Wood) writes:
|> > : > But there have _never_ been microprocessors with an 8-bit address bus.
|>                      ^^^^^^^                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|> What about the Intel 4004? A 4-bit chip with a 256-byte address
|> range (8-bit)

|> (Or was that classed as a microcontroller, not a microprocessor?)

I don't know the details of the 4004.  Some call it the first
microprocessor.  I knew that it was 4-bit.  I'm pretty sure it could
address more than 256 instructions, though.  Anybody with knowledge of
obscure 22-year-old ICs, please speak up.

Chris
-- 
Speaking only for myself, of course.
Chris Wood    christw@lexis-nexis.com   ChrisCWood@aol.com

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Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: 7 Aug 1995 16:35:46 GMT
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