On 05/22/2018 10:46 PM, Lars Brinkhoff via cctech wrote: > This is with a microEclipse CPU, right? > > I'm surprised the Nova/Eclipse architecture doesn't get more love. > It seems quite pleasant. >
As I recall--and please correct me--DG was extremely hostile to the notion of third parties incorporating the MicroNova in any of their products. The same situation applied to the Fairchild 9440 MicroFlame, which was essentially a clone of the MicroNova architecture. I recall that Fairchild didn't want to talk to you (I tried) if you weren't in defense or aerospace or the like. The basic idea of the 4x16 bit register 16-bit architecture was copied to some extent by National Semi in their multichip IMP-16 and single-chip PACE and 9440, but it was mostly in the "spirit of a Nova"--performance wasn't all that great in comparison to the current 8 bit MPUs. Weren't the MCBA business applications originally written in Nova BASIC? --Chuck
