On 11/26/19 6:43 PM, ben via cctalk wrote: > But the stange thing now, all the 8 bitters are making a come back > like the z80 with CP/M (USA) and the 6502 with BBC Micro (UK). > What ever happened to all the wierd early transitor computers that were > like 48+ bits and 4K of core memory hit the surplus market in the mid > 1970's?
Other than in very low-level MCUs, I don't see 8 bit micros making a comeback. And 32/64 bits seems to be the rule for MCUs today. But surplus 2nd generation machines were common in the 1970s? CDC had a scorched-earth policy when it came to leased mainframes. I suspect that IBM did also. I witnessed CEs taking sledgehammers and bolt cutters to several interesting mainframes. The official directive was that nothing was to leave the facility that could be re-sold. --Chuck
