Re: 6502 illegal opcodes questions

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <d5mdnWXfs_XjZeTZRVn-tg@comcast.com>,
Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

> Paul Schlyter wrote:
>> In article <Ms2dnbdHwN56NeXZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@comcast.com>,
>> Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
> 
>>>Parallel computing for 8-bit Apple II's!
>>>Home page:  http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/
>> 
>> 
>> Parallel Apple II's - interesting - but don't you think one would
>> get more performance from a modern computer than from a few Apple II's
>> working in parallel?  :-)
> 
> Certainly!  In fact, with an 8MHz Zip Chip in my primary //e, I can
> generally get a result as fast or faster than eight 1MHz machines.  ;-)
> 
> But eight machines do provide 512KB of memory along with the eight
> processors, and lots of interesting asynchrony.
> 
> Of course, the purpose was to create a platform for experimenting
> with parallel processing and message-passing--and to serve as a
> torture test of NadNet protocols, which it does admirably.
> 
> I'm pretty happy with creating a relatively fast (115 kbits/sec)
> peer-to-peer network with just 2KB of software, game ports, and
> some wire and two transistors per node.  ;-)
> 
> -michael
> 
> Parallel computing for 8-bit Apple II's!
> Home page:  http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/

It sounds fun.....

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