WCC2010: Lessons from discarded computer architectures

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From the BBC computer to ARM processor licences: from uni-processors to transputer grids.

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Lessons from discarded computer architectures

Andrew E. FluckUniversity of Tasmania

BBC microcomputer

BBC User port (8 bit input &

output)BBC Analogue port

IBM PC card

Speaker

SNIC card (special needs interface)

Archimedes

Tudor Brown

Uni-processor Distributed processors

Pyramid of store

Processor(s)