Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!cca!ima!inmet!ramsey From: ramsey@inmet.UUCP Newsgroups: net.arch Subject: Re: Re: uP architecture - (nf) Message-ID: <171@inmet.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Jul-83 05:38:24 EDT Article-I.D.: inmet.171 Posted: Tue Jul 12 05:38:24 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Jul-83 04:40:24 EDT Lines: 14 #R:rlgvax:-74100:inmet:2500002:000:749 inmet!ramsey Jul 11 18:26:00 1983 Quite a few of you seem to dislike the 1802. Apparently none of you have realized that the 1802 was not intended to be programmed in its assembly language. This fact was made quite clear in the first article I saw about the 1802 (in IEEE Computer, many moons ago). In fact, it was intended to support inner interpreters for such things as FORTH and P-code. Having written parts of a FORTH interpreter for the thing, I can attest to the success of their efforts. For a general mix of FORTH code, an 1802A was quite capable of outrunning both Z80s (2 mhz) and 8080As. Then again, I don't know too many Z80 based systems that could run for weeks off a pair of transistor radio batteries. As far as I'm concerned, the 1802 was ahead of its time.