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From: bender@oobleck.Eng.Sun.COM (Michael Bender)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Minimum requirements for CPU
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Date: 15 Jan 91 21:42:54 GMT
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In article <12610@hubcap.clemson.edu> tdaniel@hubcap.clemson.edu (tod daniels) writes:
->
->I've just started a project which will require some sort of control device
->which must be capable of collecting data and storing it, then manipulating
->it.
->
->I would like to use an 8085, and I'd like to know what are the bare essentials 
->for running this chip??  I only need a small amount of RAM, some ROM, a way
->to read brief ASCII data, and a way to poll about four different on/off
->switches.  Would I be better of to find a chip with on-chip ROM, RAM, and I/O??
->Or should I go for the 8085 with as many chips as are necessary to make this
->project work??

ues an Intel 8051-variant.  Built in (EP)ROM, RAM, I/O ports and a serial
port, plus timers and other neat stuff.

mike
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