28 Nov
2023
28 Nov
'23
1:32 a.m.
On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 5:32 PM Rick Bensene via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Steve Lewis wrote:
> then like the 4004, we're struggling to find evidence of actual products that
> made use of them. Wasn't the 4004 used in some cash registers, street lights,
or
> some weighing machines? (I don't have any specific references, just
recollections > from past reading)
Over the years, I've found a 4004 in two commercial products - a 1970s
non-UPC barcode scanner, and a commercial kitchen scale. I still have
the PCBs for the scale (with the accessory chips). The barcode
scanner was utterly dismantled 35 years ago.
-ethan