Re: Docs for DEC MPS Intel 8008 Development System scanned

2016-09-02 Thread COURYHOUSE
Jack, how many of these are there out there? ... Nice front panel on it too! Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated 8/26/2016 9:41:04 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, j...@ckrubin.us writes: The MPS (MicroProcessor Series) was an attempt by DEC to introdu

Re: Docs for DEC MPS Intel 8008 Development System scanned

2016-08-26 Thread Nigel Williams
thanks for digitising all this fascinating DEC MPS material, I'm glad to see this coming to light. I was surprised to see that there was a DEC authored FOCAL for the 8008 for this system, known as FOCAL/MPS. Squeezed into 12KB with 2.6KB left free for the user program. Does anyone know if the var

Re: Docs for DEC MPS Intel 8008 Development System scanned

2016-08-26 Thread Mark Linimon
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 04:40:55PM +, Jack Rubin wrote: > The MPS (MicroProcessor Series) was an attempt by DEC to introduce an > Intel 8008-based system as a cost-effective replacement I had the displeasure of using a different 8008-based system; this one was a typesetting machine. I hadn't

Docs for DEC MPS Intel 8008 Development System scanned

2016-08-26 Thread Jack Rubin
The MPS (MicroProcessor Series) was an attempt by DEC to introduce an Intel 8008-based system as a cost-effective replacement for minicomputers used in process control. The system has its own 14-bit blinkenlights front panel for accessing the 8008. Docs here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bezyixp