Re: Intel 3000 series

2018-05-05 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Fri, May 4, 2018, 20:39 allison via cctalk wrote: > On 05/04/2018 09:16 PM, dwight via cctalk wrote: > > I'm not sure how much good a 2900 assembler would be for a 3000 series > part. The 2900 has an address controller more like a typical micro > computer, while the

Re: Intel 3000 series

2018-05-04 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 05/04/2018 08:36 PM, dwight via cctalk wrote: > As Allison says, some other controller would be a lot easier to deal > with. The 3000 controller was intended for speed. > > I knew the fellow that wrote the code for the M2FM controller while > at Intel ( Lou Bolardo sp? ). He was not my kind

Re: Intel 3000 series

2018-05-04 Thread dwight via cctalk
of the smartest people I have ever met. Dwight From: cctalk <cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org> on behalf of allison via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Sent: Friday, May 4, 2018 7:40:18 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Intel 3000 series On 05/04/2018 09:1

Re: Intel 3000 series

2018-05-04 Thread Kyle Owen via cctalk
On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 8:16 PM, dwight via cctalk wrote: > I'm not sure how much good a 2900 assembler would be for a 3000 series > part. The 2900 has an address controller more like a typical micro > computer, while the 3000 is more like playing a game of chess. > I can

Re: Intel 3000 series

2018-05-04 Thread allison via cctalk
> From: cctalk <cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org> on behalf of Eric Smith via > cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Sent: Friday, May 4, 2018 1:40:17 PM > To: Kyle Owen > Cc: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: Re: Intel 3000 ser

Re: Intel 3000 series

2018-05-04 Thread dwight via cctalk
or 2911 as I recall ). Dwight From: cctalk <cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org> on behalf of Eric Smith via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Sent: Friday, May 4, 2018 1:40:17 PM To: Kyle Owen Cc: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re

Re: Intel 3000 series

2018-05-04 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 2:10 PM, Kyle Owen wrote: > I assume it's one of these? http://www.bitsavers.org/bits/AMD/AM29/ > Any tips on how to get it running in SimH or the like? I don't see any text > file describing the system or format. > Should be in there somewhere. The

Re: Intel 3000 series

2018-05-04 Thread Kyle Owen via cctalk
On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 2:47 PM, Eric Smith wrote: > > Signetics also had a microassembler for the 3000 series, "Signetics Micro > Assembler", also written in FORTRAN, and not compatible with CROMIS. > Well, maybe that'll turn up if CROMIS doesn't. > > If CROMIS doesn't

Re: Intel 3000 series

2018-05-04 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 8:49 AM, Kyle Owen via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Does anyone have any software for developing for the Intel 3000 series? I > bought some parts on eBay and am contemplating a bit-slice PDP-8 or DG Nova > for fun. > > Bitsavers has som

Intel 3000 series

2018-05-04 Thread Kyle Owen via cctalk
Does anyone have any software for developing for the Intel 3000 series? I bought some parts on eBay and am contemplating a bit-slice PDP-8 or DG Nova for fun. Bitsavers has some 3000 series manuals, but I can't seem to find any "bits" of software. Looks like CROMIS is the cross mi