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The Texas Instruments TMX 1795: the (almost) first, forgotten microprocessor
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The first 8-bit microprocessor, the TMX 1795 had the same architecture as the 8008 but was built months before the 8008. Never sold commerci...
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A database of SMS cards: The technology inside IBM's 1960s mainframes
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IBM's mainframes of the 1960s are based on an interesting technology - Standard Modular System cards or SMS cards. These cards, created...
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Inside the Intel 1405: die photos of a shift register memory from 1970
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In 1970, MOS memory chips were just becoming popular, but were still very expensive. Intel had released their first product the previous yea...
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Down to the silicon: how the Z80's registers are implemented
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The 8-bit Z80 microprocessor is famed for use in many early personal computers such the Osborne 1, TRS-80, and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. The Z80...
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