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In article <656@isgtec.UUCP> bmw@isgtec.uucp (Bruce M. Walker) writes:
>> I seem to recall an ad for a few years back about a General Instrument
>> microcontroller (PIC or something) that had only 18 pins, but I don't
>> know if it is fast enough.  Len
>
>The GI PIC is actually a 12 bit instruction, 4 bit data.  They
>come in 18 pin versions.  Take a look inside any BSR X-10 power-line
>controller, they all have a CMOS PIC inside.  The instruction set is as
>weird as is possible for a human mind to create; that is to say, it
>makes a Z80 look orthogonal.  I don't believe they have an E[E]PROM
>version, you have to use an expensive development system.

Microchip Technology (what a stupid name!) has EPROM versions, both
windowed and OTP.  Their versions are fast, too, although it's still
a brain-damaged architecture.  O.K. for simple needs though.

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