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From: johnson@dover.dab.ge.com (Christopher Johnson)
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Subject: Re: RCA MicroSystem CDP 1802 uP
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Date: 29 Aug 90 00:40:53 GMT
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You're exactly right, Dana.  I own a Quest Super Elf from circa 1979.
It was my first computer, and it was a neat little machine.
The RCA 1802 had an elegance that was not matched until the
Moto 68K, with its 16, 16-bit registers.  

My system was decked out to 32K dynamic, 6K graphics (same chip as
TRS-80 CoCo), cassette storage (shudder), BASIC (from cassette),
and lots of homemade I/O toys.  But I started with 1/4 Kbyte (and
you'd be surprised what you could do in 1/4K ;-) )

Those little systems are *GREAT* teachers of digital electronics and
computer architecture, even today.

<melancholy off>

Cheers!