Language-specific CPUs was Re: uIEC/SD == AWESOME!

[Chuck Guzis]

On 1 Jan 2009 at 18:56, Tony Duell wrote:

> OK, suppose we take a typicel microcomputer with BASIC in ROM and replace 
> the ROMs with a (very large) set of AND and OR gates to carry out the 
> same logic function (after all, a ROM is just a fixed AND matrix 
> (the address decoder) follered by a programablt OR matrix (combines the 
> outputs of that decoder into the desired output words). Is that a 
> hardware implenentation of BASIC or not :-)

Yes, if the gates were soldered onto the PCB :)

Cheers,
Chuck