https://gunkies.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Talk%3AFabri-Tek_MP12Talk:Fabri-Tek MP12 - Revision history2026-09-15T11:30:35ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.9https://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Fabri-Tek_MP12&diff=34986&oldid=prevJnc: /* Microprocessor? */ It's not, if you look in the documentation2024-07-31T11:06:22Z<p><span class="autocomment">Microprocessor?: </span> It's not, if you look in the documentation</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Although it's consistently referred to as a ''microprocessor'', I am now far from sure it's in the usual sense as a (V)LSI device. [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]]) 10:23, 30 July 2024 (CEST)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Although it's consistently referred to as a ''microprocessor'', I am now far from sure it's in the usual sense as a (V)LSI device. [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]]) 10:23, 30 July 2024 (CEST)</div></td></tr>
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</table>Jnchttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Fabri-Tek_MP12&diff=34976&oldid=prevLarsbrinkhoff: Or is it?2024-07-30T08:23:47Z<p>Or is it?</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Although it's consistently referred to as a ''microprocessor'', I am now far from sure it's in the usual sense as a (V)LSI device. [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]]) 10:23, 30 July 2024 (CEST)</div>Larsbrinkhoff