🧠 Before RISC vs. CISC. Before ARM dominance. Before the cloud. There was the Bellmac 32.

Now officially recognized as an IEEE Milestone, the Bellmac 32 helped define what 32-bit computing would become:

💾 Built in 1977 by Bell Labs, it was one of the earliest 32-bit microprocessors

🔐 Introduced memory protection and supervisor/user modes — setting the stage for modern OS security

🌐 Powered Unix systems, 5ESS telecom switches, and early internet infrastructure

🛠️ A foundational workhorse, now honored for the impact it had behind the scenes

It didn’t make headlines like the 8086 or the 68000 — but it should have. Hats off to the engineers who helped shape the future and are finally getting the recognition they deserve.

#IEEE #BellLabs #TechHistory #Microprocessors #Bellmac32

https://spectrum.ieee.org/bellmac-32-ieee-milestone

Modern 6502

https://www.mikekohn.net/micro/modern_6502.php

#HackerNews #Modern6502 #RetroComputing #Microprocessors #Technology #Innovation

These editions are about 20 years apart

#ComputerScience #CompSci #Microprocessors #Intel #electronics #AssemblyLanguage

"Yes, you heard it right: Apache NuttX now supports the Python interpreter on ESP32-S3!

NuttX is a platform that can run applications built with programming languages other than traditional C. C++, Zig, Rust, Lua, BASIC, MicroPython, and, now, Python."

https://developer.espressif.com/blog/2025/03/nuttx-python-esp32s3/

#NuttX #ESP32 #Microprocessors #Python #OperatingSystems #Embedded

A System For The Sixties: The RCA Studio II

https://nicole.express/2024/radio-keith-orpheum.html

#computers #retrocomputing #microprocessors #games #technology #rca #cosmac #chip8

A very deep dive.

"This is the story of how Apple made a mistake in the ROM of the Macintosh Classic II that probably should have prevented it from booting, but instead, miraculously, its Motorola MC68030 CPU accidentally prevented a crash and saved the day by executing an undefined instruction."

https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/01/the-invalid-68030-instruction-that-accidentally-allowed-the-mac-classic-ii-to-successfully-boot-up/

#Computers #Microprocessors #InstructionSets #ComputerHistory #RetroComputing