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PostPosted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 7:02 pm    Post subject: CPU Shack: HP FOCUS Processor Reply with quote

Bator helped me get one of these and I finally got to write about them

http://www.cpushack.com/2018/08/25/cpu-of-the-day-focus-on-32-bits/

A truly amazing processor from HP

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 7:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice article John - thanks! Smile
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 3:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice article, only the ending is a bit strange.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Line got cut off at the end lol just fixed
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

End of the first paragraph should read "a smaller die than the Intel 286"
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Last but one sentence of second paragraph

which was no slower on the FOCUS then 16-bit instructions

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

paragraph 3

which would dissipate no more than 110W

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

paragraph 6

Floating point was supported in software, and handed by the integer ALU/bit Shifter.

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

paragraph 8

they were standard in all HP 9000 500 series machines.

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great article as always Smile
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

all fixed, thanks!
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