9 Mar
2023
9 Mar
'23
10:30 p.m.
On Mar 9, 2023, at 5:20 PM, Murray McCullough via
cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
A lot has been written about the origins of the microcomputer. I wrote a
book on the topic. Many thanks for mentioning Canada. Whether one is
playing games or doing something else micro-computing is usually associated
with a microprocessor as CPU. Anything earlier is a minicomputer or
something else.
Sure, although that can get fuzzy. A 4004 microcomputer needs multiple chips.
Conversely, I don't think DEC would call an 11/83 a microcomputer even though it uses
a single chip (J-11) CPU. Ditto the various small VAXen.
paul