[net.micro] Request for Info

CSvax:dmc (10/26/82)

Can anyone recommend a book or magazine article which contains a
compilation of the organizations and instruction sets of the current
widely-used microprocessors? 

Thanks.
                                Dave Capka
                                purdue!dmc
                                dmc@purdue

bcw (10/27/82)

From:	Bruce C. Wright @ Duke University
Re:	Microprocessor architecture

I don't know of any books which cover all of the common microprocessors;
most either cover a single microprocessor or restrict themselves to some
subset like the 8-bit or 16-bit microprocessors.

One book which covers the 16-bit micros is "16-bit Microprocessors" by
Titus, Titus, Baldwin, Hubin, and Scanlon (whew!), published by Howard
W. Sams & Co., Inc. at 4300 West 62nd Street, Indianapolis, Indiana.  It
has an introduction to microprocessors, and covers the specific processors
8086/8088, Z8000, LSI-11, TI-9900, M68000, and NS16032.  The book attempts
to compare the different architectures in both general layout and ease of
use, and to compare the execution speed of the different machines.  The
coverage is somewhat uneven, probably reflecting varying degrees of fam-
iliarity with the different machines, and varying amounts of help from
the manufacturers (DEC obviously contributed quite a bit of information
on the LSI-11 while a similar amount of manufacturer-derived information
was not used for some of the other machines).

There is also a book on the 8-bit micros by Osborne (I wonder if it's
the same as the Osborne computer company...) which is titled something
like "8-Bit Microprocessors: Some real products" (a companion volume to
a book on general microprocessor design), but unfortunately it is not
in my office at the moment so I can't check the publisher, etc.

You might want to prowl around some bookstores which sell technical
books - many of them carry books on this topic.  B. Daltons around here
sometimes gets something like this in stock;  also university bookstores
are a good place to look.

Hope this is of some help.

			Bruce C. Wright @ Duke University

sdyer@Bbn-Unix@sri-unix (10/28/82)

From: Steve Dyer <sdyer@Bbn-Unix>
The two Osborne/McGraw-Hill collections on 8-bit and 16-bit microprocessors
cover the field pretty completely, covering both the architectural and the
electrical features of the processors.  I find them a useful reference.

/Steve Dyer

rconn@BRL@sri-unix (10/30/82)

From:     Rick Conn <rconn@BRL>
        I can really recommend the Osborne  books  for  your  re-
quirements.   I  use  them  a lot myself, and there are two books
specifically which cover a wide range of micros.

        The first is "An Introduction to  Microcomputers,  Volume
2:   Some  Real  Microprocessors", published by Osborne & Associ-
ates, Inc., PO Box 2036, Berkeley, CA  94702 (at  least  my  copy
dated Sept 78 was).  Going down the table of contents, it covers:

                TMS1000 (4-bit)
                Mostek 3870, Fairchild F8
                National SC/MP
                Intel 8080A
                Intel 8085
                Intel 8048 (single-chip microcomputer)
                        Related Family:  8748, 8049, 8749, 8035
                Zilog Z80
                Motorola 6800
                MOS Technology 6500 (6502)
                Signetics 2650A
                RCA COSMAC
                IM6100 (PDP-8 similar)
                8X300, SMS300 (microcontroller)
                National PACE
                General Instrument CP1600
                General Instrument 1650 (microcomputers)
                TI 9900, 9980, 9440
                MicroNova
                Intel 8086
                AMD 2900, 6700 (bit-slice)
                MC10800 (bit-slice)
                HP MC2


        The second Osborne book is "Osborne 16-bit Microprocessor
Handbook,   Includes   2900  Chip  Slice  Family",  published  by
Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 630 Bancroft Way,  Berkeley,  CA   94710  (I
suspect  the  same  company  with a name change) (I have the 1981
version).  It covers some of the same processors as the  previous
book,  but  it  adds  some of the more current 16-bit processors.
Again, from the table of contents:

                National PACE
                General Instrument CP1600
                TI 9900, 9980, 9440
                MicroNova
                Intel 8086
                Zilog Z8000
                Motorola 68000
                2900 (bit-slice)


        I bought both books in local book stores (B Dalton  comes
to mind).  The first ran $30 (I think), and the second ran $20.

        Hope this helps.

                Rick

rcf (11/02/82)

Osborne also has a book out on 16 bit microprocessors,
same format as the 8-bit one.

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