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Reverse-engineering the mechanical Bendix Central Air Data Computer
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How did fighter planes in the 1950s perform calculations before compact digital computers were available? The Bendix Central Air Data ...
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How flip-flops are implemented in the Intel 8086 processor
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A key concept for a processor is the management of "state", information that persists over time. Much of a computer is built from ...
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Tracing the roots of the 8086 instruction set to the Datapoint 2200 minicomputer
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The Intel 8086 processor started the x86 architecture that is still extensively used today. The 8086 has some quirky characteristics: it i...
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