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HopeHoops
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Mon Nov-07-11 10:02 AM Original message |
Poll question: For assembly language geeks only - What's your favorite CPU? |
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Major Nikon
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Mon Nov-07-11 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. Univac 9000 series |
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HopeHoops
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Mon Nov-07-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Never tried that one - was it fun? How many accumulators? Index registers? Fun addressing tricks? |
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Major Nikon
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Mon Nov-07-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. It was nothing like a microprocessor |
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HopeHoops
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Mon Nov-07-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. LOL! Yeah, I actually understood all of that. I used to call such machines.... |
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Mon Nov-07-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Ours was more like a whole row of refrigerators |
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HopeHoops
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Mon Nov-07-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Wow - you were ahead. Bell 212A was 120 baud. |
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Major Nikon
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Mon Nov-07-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. The 4 wire stuff was more advanced |
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HopeHoops
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Mon Nov-07-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. DSL is pretty fucking cool, eh? |
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madinmaryland
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Mon Nov-07-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
5. I learned on a DEC PDP-11/70 mainframe |
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HERVEPA
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Mon Nov-07-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
7. Burroughs L-2000 |
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Mon Nov-07-11 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
9. I've written assembly for all of those. |
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HopeHoops
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Mon Nov-07-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yeah, I know 65XX really well - Apple II and C=64. |
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hobbit709
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Mon Nov-07-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
10. TI-9900 |
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