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The '''Fabri-Tek MP12''' was | The '''Fabri-Tek MP12''' was an implementation of the [[PDP-8 architecture]]. It was built mostly out of [[transistor-transistor logic|TTL]] [[SSI]], with a tiny bit of [[MSI]]; it had [[core memory]]. | ||
{{stub}} | The documentation refers to it as a "[[microprocessor]]", but it is not clear what the writers meant by this word; it is certainly not a 'microprocessor', in the modern meaning of that term. (Some early [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] gear used the word to mean 'microcode processor', but there's no [[microcode]] in the MP12; the MP12 seems to be run by a [[state machine]].) Perhaps it just means 'miniature processor'? | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/fabritek/mp12/ | * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/fabritek/mp12/ mp12] - documentation on [[Bitsavers]] | ||
[[Category: 12-bit Computers]] | [[Category: 12-bit Computers]] | ||
[[Category: PDP-8s]] | |||
Latest revision as of 11:57, 31 July 2024
The Fabri-Tek MP12 was an implementation of the PDP-8 architecture. It was built mostly out of TTL SSI, with a tiny bit of MSI; it had core memory.
The documentation refers to it as a "microprocessor", but it is not clear what the writers meant by this word; it is certainly not a 'microprocessor', in the modern meaning of that term. (Some early DEC gear used the word to mean 'microcode processor', but there's no microcode in the MP12; the MP12 seems to be run by a state machine.) Perhaps it just means 'miniature processor'?
