Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: net.arch Subject: Re: uP architecture - (nf) Message-ID: <3075@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Jul-83 19:32:47 EDT Article-I.D.: utzoo.3075 Posted: Tue Jul 5 19:32:47 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Jul-83 19:32:47 EDT References: <189@ucbcad.UUCP>, <416@umcp-cs.UUCP> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 10 Don't credit the 1802 with being a nice machine just because it has been used in satellites. The space computer market is highly specialized, and in particular they are willing to put up with the most amazing atrocities in the architecture if the chips are radiation-resistant. The 1802 was used for its radiation-hardened CMOS-on-sapphire fabrication technology, not for its (gag) beauty. -- Henry Spencer U of Toronto {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry