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Re: Off-Topic: 6502 & Propeller laptop

Subject: Re: Off-Topic: 6502 & Propeller laptop
From: "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:07:36 -0800
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sfahey wrote:

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/02/diy_parallax_propeller_laptop.html


I like the idea.  The Propeller is an 8-processor synchronous system
on a chip that is a great choice for a universal I/O controller.

It reminds me a lot of the CDC 6600's 12 Peripheral Processors!

-michael

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