mes@aplvax.UUCP (12/07/83)
In the interest of kicking up a little dust from the net.micro.432
group, I thought I would raise a few questions related to its brief
history.
Unfortunately, I did not have access to the USENET when the
group originated. Although I was informed of its initiation,
I have no idea what transpired. What happened? Was there an
initial flurry of activity, and then just a gradual dying out?
Or was there never enough readership to keep worthwhile
dialog going?
Any responses to the above questions are welcome. Although not
standard net etiquette, I see no reason not to respond by
news. That way others may also get an idea of who is
still listening to this group.
On a final note, I sent an initial query out to net.micro about
the 432 group and got a couple of responses by mail. One indicated
that the last he'd seen on micro.432 was the announcement of
a workshop last Fall at Purdue. I was able to attend that
workshop, and if sufficient interest is shown, will post some
tidbits about what went on. I hope this sparks some new activity.
Working with the 432 is hard enough without being in a vacuum.
Here's hoping net.micro.432 is not dead!
...seismo!umcp-cs!aplvax!mes
Mark Schmid
The Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory
b-davis@utah-cs.UUCP (Brad Davis) (12/10/83)
Intel has just announced a new and improved 432. It will be able to run at 8mhz and some of the more important instructions (CALL) have been reimplemented to run faster. They claim the machine will run about 2 times faster overall then the 5mhz version. Any faster and we could replace our 1mhz 6502s :-). Brad Davis ..!harpo!utah-cs!b-davis b-davis@utah-cs.ARPA
sanders@menlo70.UUCP (Rex Sanders) (12/15/83)
With some benchmarks showing a 432 at about .01 of a Vax, and the 432's strong association with Ada (which many Unix hackers detest), I'm not surprised that there is no activity in this newsgroup.