Show threadEd SDec 21, 2021

"Finally, there's a 32-bit microprocessor that gives you any UNIX version you want, and all the development tools you need."

Advert from National Semiconductor ("We're doing it") for the Series 32000. ("The SuperMini on a Chip.")

"the only 32-bit family complete with memory management, floating point, timing, interrupt and DMA"

Via same blog post as before, also in Unix World here:
https://archive.org/details/Unix_World_Vol02_05.pdf/page/n9/mode/2up

(oops, adding #retrocomputing )

#ns32k #natsemi #ns16000 #genix

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Ed SDec 21, 2021

(Advert from 1985)
"""
Industry experts hail it as the “best UNIX micro!’ Now GENIX is here. GENIX has been elegantly tailored to optimize the NS 16000 architecture. And NS 16000 system designers have an operating system that’s a custom fit.
"""

via
https://jameltayeb.com/2021/12/20/nix

#ns32k #natsemi #ns16000 #genix

*NIX – Jamel Tayeb

Two years ago, I started the Ads & Other Gems collection. Two years later, I didn’t post under this section a single time. Shame on me! And it’s not by lack of material. Indeed, over a decade or so, I curated 41,286 digital scans of magazines (~2.13TB), essentially dedicated to computers. That’s a lot of…