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The microprocessors owed more to the minicomputers like the PDP-11 than the mainframes.
by msla 5y ago
The microprocessors owed more to the minicomputers like the PDP-11 than the mainframes.
- zozbot234 5y agoEarly microprocessors like the Z80 and the 6502 were a lot weaker than even minicomputer CPU's, they were more like glorified calculator chips. The Intel 80386 and Motorola 68020 were notable for being among the first really popular micros to reach true parity with the minicomputer featureset.