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PostPosted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 5:42 pm    Post subject: CPU Shack: more oddball processor articles Reply with quote

today we cover the Western Electric (Bell Labs) BELLMAC-8

aka the WE212

http://www.cpushack.com/2013/06/16/cpu-of-the-day-bell-labs-bellmac-8-aka-the-we212/

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good one!
Some details are covered in these pdfs:
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/westernElectric/mac-8/
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 12:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

frag_ wrote:
Good one!
Some details are covered in these pdfs:
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/westernElectric/mac-8/


yah some, but not much, does not even cover voltages lol

(I did use those PDFs though)

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 1:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Interesting, I always thought that the WE212 was a useless chip. It's a good thing I didn't get rid of all of them Smile

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

gshv wrote:
Interesting, I always thought that the WE212 was a useless chip. It's a good thing I didn't get rid of all of them Smile

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks, I think I missed that post.

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 9:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice article!!! - a little bird told me you recently got one of these Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 4:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Now that I know my WE212's are important CPUs, they re moving to my collection top drawer!! Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 4:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Vlasta wrote:
Nice article!!! - a little bird told me you recently got one of these Rolling Eyes


yup thanks for that

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 5:42 am    Post subject: hi Reply with quote

nice forum on technology
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