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This is super cool, well done! Some fun historical context: the 74181 chip (part of the 74HC series) was one of the key technologies behind the Xerox Alto. It
by danieg 3y ago
This is super cool, well done!
Some fun historical context: the 74181 chip (part of the 74HC series) was one of the key technologies behind the Xerox Alto. It was the first complete ALU on a single chip using a medium-scale integration (MSI) design. This was what enabled the Alto to be much smaller than minicomputers like the PDP-8, which used small-scale integration (SSI) that spread the processor over many individual logic gate chips and circuit boards.