Peter Mount on Nostr: The issue with the TI was that it was so slow due to it's architecture. Processor was ...
The issue with the TI was that it was so slow due to it's architecture.
Processor was actually 16 bits but for some reason only 256 bytes of ram on the base machine - the 16K was in the video chip so the cpu couldn't access it directly & it was 8 bit.
Then the expansion memory was on a 3rd 8 bit bus, but at least the cpu could access it directly.
A shame as it could have been better
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