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[ChristianH]

On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 09:43:55 -0500 (EST) The Old Crow wrote:

> 
>   Hm, interesting topic turn, as the first micro I learned to program was
> the 1802.  Compared to the other micros of the day, it was a strange
> beast.  But it could run on batteries, which made it great for remote
> sensing applications.  

Well, it doesn't get any more 'remote' than Voyagers <gr>
Assuming we're not talking about Bob's Mini Voyager...

Christian

> I blame it for staying with working in 
> microcontrollers as opposed to programming large processor models.
> 
>   Each Voyager has seven 1802s in it.  Just about all comm satellites 
> launched between 1976 and the mid 1990s use them too.  In fact, the 
> Voyager 2 officially passed outside the solar system boundary last 
> October, making the venerable 1802 the first micro to go interstellar.  
> Intel has some catching up to do. ;)
> 
>   I used the 1802 to do keyboard scanning, voice assigning, sequencing,
> etc. in around 1980.  Oh, and to make a 2716 EPROM programmer.  Folks
> today just don't understand the revelation that were ROMs that needed only
> one voltage to work, as opposed to three.
> 
> Crow
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