5 May
2025
5 May
'25
3:47 p.m.
On Sun, 4 May 2025, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Various earlier systems used microprogram-like
techniques, but I don't
know how many were earlier than PB in their use of the word.
The Zuse Z1 from 1936(!) was microcoded, too. It implemented for example
floating-point arithmetic and conversion instructions (binary<-->decimal).
Christian