[rescue] [OT] S: IBM /370 or /390 card

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Tue Sep 12 19:58:29 EDT 2023


   I didn't say none, I said few. ;)  And yes there are!

           -Dave

On 9/12/23 19:55, Patrick Giagnocavo via rescue wrote:
> The Z8000 wasn't microcoded. And yes, there are some Z8000 machines at 
> the museum :-)
> 
> --Patrick
> 
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 6:36 PM Dave McGuire via rescue 
> <rescue at sunhelp.org <mailto:rescue at sunhelp.org>> wrote:
> 
>     On 9/12/23 19:06, Mike Katz via rescue wrote:
>      > The problem is that most modern microprocessors are microcoded,
>      > including the 68000, LSI-11, etc.
> 
>         There are precious few that aren't, modern or otherwise.  The
>     PDP-11/20, the first model of PDP-11, is a direct-decode machine, while
>     all subsequent PDP-11 models are microcoded.
> 
>                   -Dave
> 
>     -- 
>     Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
>     New Kensington, PA
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