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The applets in this chapter demonstrate the Intel MCS4 system
("Microcomputer System 4-bit"),
the first single-chip microprocessor system in history.
Despite the complicated memory architecture with separate program-
and data-memories, and despite the somewhat incomplete instruction set,
the processor and system architecture provide a very interesting
engineering solution.
While the MCS4 was soon replaced by much better 8-bit systems,
it still paved the way for the microprocessor revolution.
The first applet page includes an overview of the architecture
and external links to MCS4 documentation, datasheets, and trivia.
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