[vcf-midatlantic] The TI Mini I rescued

[Douglas Crawford]

Thank you for mentioning the MSP430, I missed that in a
cursory look at the 990.  Very cool.  Looking forward to
a deep dive on the 990.

On 8/18/2022 10:05 AM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> 
>    Apparently I misunderstood Kelly's post; I thought the machine was 
> available for rescue, hence my expression of interest for LSSM.
> 
>    These are indeed very interesting and rare machines.  The 
> architecture lived on, after a fashion, in the current and wildly 
> popular MSP430 microcontroller family.  It differs in several ways but 
> is clearly based on the TI990/TMS9900.
> 
>               -Dave
> 
> On 8/17/22 22:37, Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>> Unbelievable. Adam was just showing me this in the warehouse.
>> I was was thinking at that moment
>> I'd love to see this working, and it would be wonderful
>> unique addition to the museum to complement the Data General,
>> Wang, and HP.  I was formulating plans in my head to expand
>> the mini section.  Personally I find it very interesting
>> when microprocessors followed the architecture of a prior
>> implementation. Which is something I'm highlighting when
>> I can.  So yes please!
>>
>> On 8/17/2022 12:22 PM, Kelly Leavitt via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>>> Any interest in getting this old mini running? I'd like to work on it 
>>> if there is any interest.
>>> I believe it was a TI 990/10 with a CDC fixed disk and a CDC 
>>> cartridge disk.
>>>
>>> Right now, I believe it is still in the warehouse somewhere.
>>>
>>> Kelly
>>>
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