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I think he should just use PDP8 ISA, just 6 instructions, even stupid people can manage that much.
by chj 15y ago
I think he should just use PDP8 ISA, just 6 instructions, even stupid people can manage that much.
- Zaak 15y agoNotch's original intention was to implement a real CPU like the 6502, but he decided to create a CPU optimized for software emulation instead. The PDP-8 was designed to be inexpensive to implement with the hardware available at the time. It would not be an ideal choice for this purpose.