30 Oct
2015
30 Oct
'15
7:25 p.m.
On Oct 30, 2015 8:50 PM, "Paul Koning" <paulkoning at comcast.net> wrote:
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.
> 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
So chances are that various government programs helped at the margins,
but were not
drivers.
paul
I read about the datapoint 3300, how cdc was connected to the 4004. I also
read about how the 4004 was inspired by the f14 (?) fighter jet, Can anyone
confirm these?