27 Nov
2023
27 Nov
'23
6:55 p.m.
On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 1:13 PM Steve Lewis via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Yes, it seems PALM did have a few evolutions, which
just makes me curious
if there were even earlier editions than this one from 1972. But even if
so - 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)
<snip>
Use of the 4004 would be found first within Intel products themselves, not
3rd party cash register or pioneering gas pump manufacturers. That's why
you can't find much. Intel made the first hardware powered by 4004. They
started with chip sets, manuals, starter kit hardware, trainers, etc. to
get the customer started. I checked bitsavers.org I did not see the first
4004 product guide and sales literature. I have some of this in paper
form, but not much. I assume someone has a scanned copy online of the
various products intel initially sold with "intel 4004 inside". The
microprocessor was a new concept so it would not have been instantly
absorbed by the market without a little salesmanship by Intel to inspire
customers how to use this new technology.
After a while customers started making and then producing things that used
the 4004 chipset, but only after Intel got them started.
right?
Bill