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		derriz on Oct 11, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What's a CPU to do when it has nothing to do? That piqued my interest and I found this delightful video from 1969 on youtube: https://youtu.be/MkxBmviMy_E covering the launch of the B6500. It has some surprisingly interesting technical details.

AstroJetson on Oct 11, 2018 [–]

Thanks for posting that. I used to work for Bobby Creech (@4:19) on A Series (follow on to the B6700's), so that was a blast from the past.

If you look at this image <img src="http://www.retrocomputingtasmania.com/home/projects/burrough...

its a 2 CPU system, in the lower left is the "B Meatball" idle pattern.

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