CPU Shack: General Automation GA-16 CPU

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 16, 2025 6:42 pm    Post subject: CPU Shack: General Automation GA-16 CPU Reply with quote

Been a long while since I had (or made) time to write an article

Here is the GA-16 16-bit CPU

https://www.cpushack.com/2025/08/16/the-general-automation-ga-16-16-bit-cpu/

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 16, 2025 8:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Honestly - I had never heard of GA.
Really interesting article, thank you.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 1:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Me neither. Quality writing as always.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 5:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lavrentii wrote:
Honestly - I had never heard of GA.
Really interesting article, thank you.


yah kinda funny, that they grew to be so big so fast, and then went away, yet their processors STILL are used, what's kinda funny is one of the machines that was powered by the GA-16 was the Excellon PCB hole driller, it very likely could have been used to make the PCBs used in later GA-16s.

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