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		uvesten on Feb 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I decided to build a nine-bit computer I went way down the rabbit hole on this one. Seems that they are still made and used, fascinating!

jacquesm on Feb 9, 2022 [–]

They are pretty impressive machines. The loadable microcode store is especially interesting, they allow you to emulate an arbitary CPU. Diagnostics in 'IBM' mode was a real possibility on these!

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