Oh great, another blog post about
#microcode in a 40-year-old chip 🥱. Because who wouldn't want to dive into the riveting world of register exchanges from 1980? 🤓 Next up: a thrilling exposé on the history of the abacus—brace yourselves! 🧮✨
https://www.righto.com/2026/05/microcode-inside-intel-8087-floating.html #blogpost #vintagechips #techhistory #registerexchanges #abacus #HackerNews #ngated
Microcode inside the Intel 8087 floating-point chip: register exchange
In 1980, Intel introduced the 8087 floating-point chip, a co-processor that made floating-point operations up to 100 times faster. This chip...
🎉🎉 Wow, a throwback to 1977! Because who wouldn't want to spend their time digging through ancient circuitry and chasing down 6.5 malfunctioning chips like a digital Indiana Jones? 🙄 Let's all pretend we have hours to spare and a time machine for this riveting techno-archeology adventure. 🕰️🔧
http://www.righto.com/2025/04/commodore-pet-repair.html #technoarcheology #digitaladventure #retrocomputing #vintagechips #1977nostalgia #HackerNews #ngated
A tricky Commodore PET repair: tracking down 6 1/2 bad chips
mult3 In 1977, Commodore released the PET computer, a quirky home computer that combined the processor, a tiny keyboard, a cassette drive ...
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