Lee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agoFunctional 16-bit CPU built and runs in Excel, 3Hz processor includes 128KB of RAM, 16-color display, and a custom assembly languagewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1533
arrow-up1533external-linkFunctional 16-bit CPU built and runs in Excel, 3Hz processor includes 128KB of RAM, 16-color display, and a custom assembly languagewww.tomshardware.comLee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-square@kozy138@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish9•8 months agoDoes that make Excel the operating system? Or is it the firmware/BIOS
minus-square@SteveTech@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish40•8 months agoExcel would be emulating the silicon here
minus-square@x4740N@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish12•8 months agoExcel would be closest to a virtual machine software in this case
Does that make Excel the operating system? Or is it the firmware/BIOS
Excel would be emulating the silicon here
Excel would be closest to a virtual machine software in this case