Date   : Sat, 13 Aug 2011 23:14:07 +0100
From   : theom+news@... (Theo Markettos)
Subject: Risc PC (Was 'Minitel in France')

In article <4E466C0B.8030502@...> you wrote:
> On a whim, I picked up this from Amazon for a tenner (inc. postage):
>    http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/0137362994/ref=oss_product
> 
> If/when it arrives (not Amazon, a MarketPlace seller), I'll let you know 
> if it says anything about the design of the MEMC, though being published 
> in 1996, it might be a little after the MEMC's time.

I suspect it doesn't... this is in ARM6/7 era.  I think the above was ARM's
first published databook.  Their early 1990s post-Acorn datasheets etc were
typeset in Impression... I wonder if you can recognise it from the
typesetting of the book.

The MEMC datasheet might be interesting:
http://www.g7jjf.com/acornArm/MEMC_Datasheet_Sep86.pdf

I have this book:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acorn-RISC-Machine-Family-Manual/dp/0137816189/

(from 1990) which has essentially the same datasheet in a more nicely
arranged form.  The endpapers are interesting... describe all VLSI's tools
for developing for ARM 2 on a PC.  Did anyone ever see their Blue Streak
board?  Can't have sold many.

Theo