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Those machines are vectorized, batch computers. They process data in an entirely different way and also lack the required IOs. I doubt Doom on an ASR-33 would
by rahen 3y ago
Those machines are vectorized, batch computers. They process data in an entirely different way and also lack the required IOs. I doubt Doom on an ASR-33 would be much fun.
- mschaef 3y agoThe CDC 6600 could run multiple functional units (adder, multiplier, logic, etc.) at the same time, and the CDC 7600 added pipelining to the mix. These machines were organized in such a way that the main CPU did not run (most of) the OS and was not responsible for I/O. Those operations were all handled by an array of secondary processors optimized for the purpose. A PPU (Peripheral Processing Unit) would interact with an I/O device, load data into main memory, and then notify the main CPU. Vector came later, with the Cray 1 (and the CDC Star, less effectively).
- Aardwolf 3y ago> I doubt Doom on an ASR-33 would be much fun But on those two round CRT's that show up in CDC 6600 pictures it might look pretty cool, even if they're vector drawing