6502 chip

Mike Turner MikeTurner at kemet.com
Fri Oct 2 12:28:56 GMT 1998



>>I disassembled a TTL computer that was sometime around 1974 built.
>>
>>It had 4 - 74181 (4 bit very simple slice proceeor) at its center and a
>>massive pile of 74 and 74H series logic around it.  The cooling fan for
it
>>used almost as much power as some of the desktop systems we have today
(55W),
>>the power for the entire computer (very simple computer) was I believe
about
>>1500W, it generated alot of heat, and it was big, bulky, and probably a
very
>>simple computer that was not really useable to run a car or really
anything
>>else very complicated.  I think the whole computer unit probably weighted
200
>>lbs as was probably on the same calibar as a 6502 or 68HC11 speed wise.
>>I seem to remeber that it had 16k (an entire board the size of todays
>>motherboards, completely stuffed with memory chips, and addressing
logic).


Sounds very much like one of the old Data General minicomputers





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