Despite its strengths, the TMS8100 had severe constraints:
To understand the significance of the keyword, we must first dissect it into its two primary components: the platform (TMS) and the protocol (the 8100 series). tms 8100
You didn’t program the TMS 8100 in C. You didn’t even program it in assembly in the modern sense. You wrote on paper, hand-assembled it into opcodes, and burned a ROM. Despite its strengths, the TMS8100 had severe constraints:
START: INP K ; read keypad into accumulator STO R1 ; store in RAM register 1 LDX R1 ; load it back ADD #5 ; add immediate 5 OUT O ; output to LED segments SIO 1 ; send one bit serially (TMS8100) BR START Despite its strengths