At 03:19 PM 8/14/96 +0600, you wrote:
>>handy to know what 'PIC' actually meant. Is it an acronym? What does it
>
>General Instruments (the originator of the PIC) called it a "Perpheral
>Interface Controller" as it was intended to offload peripheral management
>from the main processor.


 I believe the fist time I saw a PIC (if it was even called that) used was
to replace the Intel 8048 microprocessor in a Mouse Systems Mouse. I
remember the circuit board was drilled to take either the 8048 or the GI
part. (We were ripping the micros out of the mice and running the optical
encoders straight into our Amiga 1000S, but that is another story)

carl

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