Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site wateng.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watdaisy!wateng!padpowell From: padpowell@wateng.UUCP (PAD Powell[Admin]) Newsgroups: net.arch Subject: Re: uP architecture - (nf) Message-ID: <139@wateng.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Jul-83 10:20:36 EDT Article-I.D.: wateng.139 Posted: Fri Jul 8 10:20:36 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Jul-83 04:54:51 EDT References: <1750@floyd.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 14 Ah yes, the 1802. This little gem has to be used to be believed. I actually designed some data acquisition systems which used the fool thing. The interface to other devices was quite ugly. However, my giggles were only matched by the cries of pain and horror of the programmers. For most (all) of them, it was their first experience with assembler (ex Fortran types), and cross compilation. When they got a development system that used the 1802, they ran some assemblies (using paper tape!), and then all went out and got drunk. Men were men, and chips were chips in those days, boy. None of this "user-friendly" cr*p! Patrick ("Ah, the good old days") Powell