Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!portal!cup.portal.com!Chuck_M_Grandgent From: Chuck_M_Grandgent@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: RCA MicroSystem CDP 1802 uP Message-ID: <32970@cup.portal.com> Date: 19 Aug 90 03:15:16 GMT References: Technical Manual for CDP 1800 series <32839@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> Distribution: usa Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 18 Do you realize the vintage of the CDP 1802 ? I was doing 1802 stuff back in 1978 or 1979. Also, the recent Jupiter lander from Voyager was 1802-based ! If you really can't find documentation for this chip, please EMail me, I have original RCA manuals I would be willing to make copies of. BTW - I liked this chip. Compared to 6502 which had only 3 eight-bit registers, 1802 had real 16-bit registers, and you could change the PC to one of 16 PC values with a one-byte instruction. It was ahead of its time, but bad RCA-marketing crippled it. ================================================== Chuck Grandgent, K1OM PictureTel Corporation, Peabody, MA - K1OM@cup.portal.com ==================================================