At 2005-08-15 13:09, Bob Paddock wrote: >> 3.5 inch disks are logically identical to 5.25 inch >> disks. The interface is the same and so is the formatting >> of the disk. 8 inch disks are different in those both >> respects. > >The very first 3.5 inch disks drives where made by Sony.
Yes, we had some too. Not something to get very excited about. Very expensive and very non-standard yet. >> BTW. I never wrote a 68000 emulator, because it has a very >> chaotical instruction set > >Hun? Chaotic compared to what? Compared to the PDP-11 for example that the 68xx series was based on. Of course most 68xx-series of processors are better when you compare them to the shit that Intel produced, but in hindsight, Motorola never ever produced a really nice processor. Nice processors were: - NS32032 - Hobbit - DEC's Alpha - ARM's RISC (after revision) >I've always found the 68anything parts family >easier to program than anything else, nice orthogonal instruction sets. Yes, much better than worse instruction sets. >The new MicroChip dsPIC parts are similar to the 68000 in style. Doesn't sound like a good thing to me. -- Author: Jaap van Ganswijk INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Hosting, San Diego, California -- http://www.fatcity.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
