I wouldn't like to go deep back to future... Does somebody remember LGP30? 1 Kbyte magnetic drum, about 60 lamps, punched tape input, typewriter and oscilo as an output. I learnt it when I was 15 :-))). Igor -----Original Message----- From: pic microcontroller discussion list [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Jan-Erik Soderholm Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 9:44 PM To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: [PIC:] PIC10F article - also S5400 roll yer own uP And besides, AFAIK, the VAX 11/780 was used as the reference for 1 VUPS ("Vax Units of Processing Speed" or something like that). Now 1 VUPS was/is *aprox* 1 MIPS, but the 11/780 was *exactly* 1 VUPS (since that was the definition...) Not that it matters much, but.... :-) Jan-Erik. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.