i used to play wiv action MAN and dream abowt gerls

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-----Original Message-----
From: augusto einsfeldt [mailto:aee@aee@...]
Sent: 07 April 2005 15:35
To: msp430@msp4...
Subject: OT RE: [msp430] performance calculation



6800 was my first micro, just before Z80.
In fact I hated any kind of micro because I saw them as black boxes where
someone else did create his own instructions ans architecture - and I wanted
to make my own. So, for several years, while teenager, I did play around
designing and building my own CPUs with standard TTL chips or drawing them
and simulating by hand (no computers that time, and no money to buy CPUs).
It was funny to find that the very same scheme I was using to clock my
CPU's
sections (giving one clock per instruction) were being used by Morotola's
68000 few years later. Because lack of money my fastest CPU was a bit-slice
one (one bit at a time - in fact).
Great time there. 
Today I do still playing around now with FPGAs and soon (I hope) building my
own silicon.
So, no one here did grew up. If I do it I die.
-Augusto


-----Original Message-----
From: Onestone [mailto:onestone@ones...] 
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 11:06 AM
To: msp430@msp4...
Subject: Re: [msp430] performance calculation



augusto einsfeldt wrote:

>When Al suggested a possible way doing this would
be sitting in front 
>of source's listing and counting by hand it did remind me that long 
>time ago I used to programm a Z80 in hexadecimal by hand, doing all 
>compilation by mind in a way that at some point I could think only in 
>opcodes, no more mnemonics. It was funny, timming optimizations could 
>be done while walking. Cheers, -Augusto
>
>  
>
See, that's the only difference between us. You grew up and I
didn't! 
(Though I hated the Z80, I loved the 6502 and 6809).

Al



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I never had such feelings about microprocessors. I had predicted their 
emergence a few years before hand, and couldn't wait to get hold of one.

Al

augusto einsfeldt wrote:

>6800 was my first micro, just before Z80.
>In fact I hated any kind of micro because I saw them as black boxes where
>someone else did create his own instructions ans architecture - and I wanted
>to make my own. So, for several years, while teenager, I did play around
>designing and building my own CPUs with standard TTL chips or drawing them
>and simulating by hand (no computers that time, and no money to buy CPUs).
>It was funny to find that the very same scheme I was using to clock my
CPU's
>sections (giving one clock per instruction) were being used by
Morotola's
>68000 few years later. Because lack of money my fastest CPU was a bit-slice
>one (one bit at a time - in fact).
>Great time there. 
>Today I do still playing around now with FPGAs and soon (I hope) building my
>own silicon.
>So, no one here did grew up. If I do it I die.
>-Augusto
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Onestone [mailto:onestone@ones...] 
>Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 11:06 AM
>To: msp430@msp4...
>Subject: Re: [msp430] performance calculation
>
>
>
>augusto einsfeldt wrote:
>
>  
>
>>When Al suggested a possible way doing this would be sitting in front 
>>of source's listing and counting by hand it did remind me that long

>>time ago I used to programm a Z80 in hexadecimal by hand, doing all 
>>compilation by mind in a way that at some point I could think only in 
>>opcodes, no more mnemonics. It was funny, timming optimizations could 
>>be done while walking. Cheers, -Augusto
>>
>> 
>>
>>    
>>
>See, that's the only difference between us. You grew up and I
didn't! 
>(Though I hated the Z80, I loved the 6502 and 6809).
>
>Al
>
>
>
>.
>
> 
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
> 
>
>
>
>
>  
>

I used to play drums in a heavy metal band,  I mainly got the gig 
because I was already into building some out there sound effects systems 
(my drumming was on  a par with Animals), that meant I got to play 
action man with the girls. I was born into the era of peace and free 
love, and made the very most of it.

Al

Darren Logan wrote:

>i used to play wiv action MAN and dream abowt gerls
>
>(".)
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: augusto einsfeldt [mailto:aee@aee@...]
>Sent: 07 April 2005 15:35
>To: msp430@msp4...
>Subject: OT RE: [msp430] performance calculation
>
>
>
>6800 was my first micro, just before Z80.
>In fact I hated any kind of micro because I saw them as black boxes where
>someone else did create his own instructions ans architecture - and I wanted
>to make my own. So, for several years, while teenager, I did play around
>designing and building my own CPUs with standard TTL chips or drawing them
>and simulating by hand (no computers that time, and no money to buy CPUs).
>It was funny to find that the very same scheme I was using to clock my
CPU's
>sections (giving one clock per instruction) were being used by
Morotola's
>68000 few years later. Because lack of money my fastest CPU was a bit-slice
>one (one bit at a time - in fact).
>Great time there. 
>Today I do still playing around now with FPGAs and soon (I hope) building my
>own silicon.
>So, no one here did grew up. If I do it I die.
>-Augusto
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Onestone [mailto:onestone@ones...] 
>Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 11:06 AM
>To: msp430@msp4...
>Subject: Re: [msp430] performance calculation
>
>
>
>augusto einsfeldt wrote:
>
>  
>
>>When Al suggested a possible way doing this would be sitting in front 
>>of source's listing and counting by hand it did remind me that long

>>time ago I used to programm a Z80 in hexadecimal by hand, doing all 
>>compilation by mind in a way that at some point I could think only in 
>>opcodes, no more mnemonics. It was funny, timming optimizations could 
>>be done while walking. Cheers, -Augusto
>>
>> 
>>
>>    
>>
>See, that's the only difference between us. You grew up and I
didn't! 
>(Though I hated the Z80, I loved the 6502 and 6809).
>
>Al
>
>
>
>.
>
> 
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
> 
>
>
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>  
>