jim barchuk wrote:
> Hi Harold!
>
> On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
>
>> Harold
>> "The ideal design has zero parts."
>
> And does it perfectly... on the first try... at zero cost. :)
>
> The ideal CPU/uC/whatver has one instruction and requires no RAM or
> ROM. The instruction is 10Gbit wide and is self modifying so it can
> do anything from four-function calcualtions to play chess. <-- I
> didn't think that one up originally. Although that was 20 yrs ago and
> the number we used was 1Mbit. LOL!
>
> If it weren't for Bill Gates we'd all be running 500MHz 80286s and
> Desqview and be stable as a rock. <-- I -did- say that ~15 yrs ago
> when 386/40 was the edge of the cut. By today we'd have been up to a
> couple of Ts. And still just as stable :/
>
> Have a :) day!

The only qualm I have with this is that we would need a 386 not a 286,
as the protected mode features of the 286 weren't complete enough.

michael brown

"In the land of the blind, he who has one eye is king"

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