Gov. & the machine(s) we love

[Paul Koning]

> On Oct 30, 2015, at 1:40 PM, Murray McCullough <c.murray.mccullough at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> What is the role played by the U.S. gov. in helping to create the
> microcomputer? What money & expertise did it provide?  

Interesting question.  Supposedly some of the impetus for integrated circuits came from the space program -- but I think the first ones (at TI) predate that.  And the first microcomputer, the Intel 4004, was as far as I remember built to be the engine of a calculator.

So chances are that various government programs helped at the margins, but were not drivers.

	paul