Re: [Ql-Users] A quick plug: New blog post on 30 years of the QL andthe Mac.

2014-01-31 Thread Stephen Usher

On 26/01/14 20:13, Alexandre Souza wrote:

Just a shameless plug for a blog post I've just written... ;-)
http://www.lingula.org.uk/wordpress/2014/01/25/its-been-30-years-since-the-announcement-of-an-important-computing-product/



4 bit intel processor?!


I thought it was 4 bit. You always have to communicate with it in nibbles.

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Re: [Ql-Users] A quick plug: New blog post on 30 years of the QL andthe Mac.

2014-01-26 Thread Tobias Fröschle
Dave,

well, the Intel bits were just about as american-made as the Motorola (RIP) 
bits. Still they were quite a lot smaller ;)

But maybe we should solve that one - The poor guy 8749 _really_ was an 8-bit 
processor. And not the worst that Intel ever built.The successors are still 
around in the embedded industry.

If in doubt, pick 8 of those:
http://www.bitburger.de/produkte/bitburger-premium-pils/
(Really large, German-made bits)

(Beware: Processing 32 of those bits is probably dangerous for your health. 
Also they come in packs of 24)

Tobias
(Promising to try and start being earnest tomorrow morning)


Am 26.01.2014 um 22:28 schrieb Dave Park:

> Tobias, are you suggesting that American-made bits are like American
> measurements?
> 
> The US gallon and pint are much smaller than the gallon and pint recognized
> by the rest of the world!
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Tobias Fröschle <
> tobias.froesc...@t-online.de> wrote:
> 
>> 8 microbits = 4 bits.
>> 
>> As easy as that.
>> 
>> Tobias
>> 
>> Am 26.01.2014 um 21:44 schrieb Alexandre Souza:
>> 
 I would argue it is a 2-bit processor that can't stand 1 bit of
>> competition
>>> 
>>>  But I paid most of my studies with that half-bit processor :)
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Re: [Ql-Users] A quick plug: New blog post on 30 years of the QL andthe Mac.

2014-01-26 Thread Dave Park
Tobias, are you suggesting that American-made bits are like American
measurements?

The US gallon and pint are much smaller than the gallon and pint recognized
by the rest of the world!

Dave


On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Tobias Fröschle <
tobias.froesc...@t-online.de> wrote:

> 8 microbits = 4 bits.
>
> As easy as that.
>
> Tobias
>
> Am 26.01.2014 um 21:44 schrieb Alexandre Souza:
>
> >> I would argue it is a 2-bit processor that can't stand 1 bit of
> competition
> >
> >   But I paid most of my studies with that half-bit processor :)
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Re: [Ql-Users] A quick plug: New blog post on 30 years of the QL andthe Mac.

2014-01-26 Thread Tobias Fröschle
8 microbits = 4 bits.

As easy as that.

Tobias

Am 26.01.2014 um 21:44 schrieb Alexandre Souza:

>> I would argue it is a 2-bit processor that can't stand 1 bit of competition
> 
>   But I paid most of my studies with that half-bit processor :) 
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Re: [Ql-Users] A quick plug: New blog post on 30 years of the QL andthe Mac.

2014-01-26 Thread Alexandre Souza

I would argue it is a 2-bit processor that can't stand 1 bit of competition


   But I paid most of my studies with that half-bit processor :) 
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Re: [Ql-Users] A quick plug: New blog post on 30 years of the QL andthe Mac.

2014-01-26 Thread Dave Park
I would argue it is a 2-bit processor that can't stand 1 bit of competition
;)

Dave


On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Alexandre Souza <
alexandre.tabaj...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Just a shameless plug for a blog post I've just written... ;-)
>> http://www.lingula.org.uk/wordpress/2014/01/25/its-been-
>> 30-years-since-the-announcement-of-an-important-computing-product/
>>
>
>4 bit intel processor?!
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Re: [Ql-Users] A quick plug: New blog post on 30 years of the QL andthe Mac.

2014-01-26 Thread Alexandre Souza

Just a shameless plug for a blog post I've just written... ;-)
http://www.lingula.org.uk/wordpress/2014/01/25/its-been-30-years-since-the-announcement-of-an-important-computing-product/


   4 bit intel processor?! 


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