🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

3 total messages Started by mes Tue, 06 Dec 1983 21:18
Is net.micro.432 dead?
#24
Author: mes
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 1983 21:18
33 lines
1912 bytes
In the interest of kicking up a little dust from the net.micro.432
group, I thought I would raise a few questions related to its brief
history.

Unfortunately, I did not have access to the USENET when the 
group originated.  Although I was informed of its initiation,
I have no idea what transpired.  What happened?  Was there an
initial flurry of activity, and then just a gradual dying out?
Or was there never enough readership to keep worthwhile
dialog going?

Any responses to the above questions are welcome.  Although not
standard net etiquette, I see no reason not to respond by 
news.  That way others may also get an idea of who is 
still listening to this group.  

On a final note, I sent an initial query out to net.micro about
the 432 group and got a couple of responses by mail.  One indicated
that the last he'd seen on micro.432 was the announcement of 
a workshop last Fall at Purdue.  I was able to attend that 
workshop, and if sufficient interest is shown, will post some
tidbits about what went on.  I hope this sparks some new activity.
Working with the 432 is hard enough without being in a vacuum.

               Here's hoping net.micro.432 is not dead!

                       ...seismo!umcp-cs!aplvax!mes
                          Mark Schmid
                          The Johns Hopkins University
                          Applied Physics Laboratory


 
Re: Is net.micro.432 dead?
#26
Author: Brad Davis
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 1983 17:03
10 lines
840 bytes
Intel has just announced a new and improved 432.  It will be able to
run at 8mhz and some of the more important instructions (CALL) have 
been reimplemented to run faster.  They claim the machine will run
about 2 times faster overall then the 5mhz version.  Any faster and
we could replace our 1mhz 6502s :-).


					Brad Davis
					..!harpo!utah-cs!b-davis
					b-davis@utah-cs.ARPA
Re: Is net.micro.432 dead?
#25
Author: Rex Sanders
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1983 07:14
4 lines
730 bytes
With some benchmarks showing a 432 at about .01 of a Vax,
and the 432's strong association with Ada (which many Unix
hackers detest), I'm not surprised that there is no activity
in this newsgroup.
Thread Navigation

This is a paginated view of messages in the thread with full content displayed inline.

Messages are displayed in chronological order, with the original post highlighted in green.

Use pagination controls to navigate through all messages in large threads.

Back to All Threads