16 Dec
2008
16 Dec
'08
11:32 a.m.
On 16 Dec 2008 at 14:11, Tim McNerney wrote:
People make a big deal about the first-this and the
first-that, but
then what happens is no-one can remember the second-this and the
second-that. Can anyone remember what the second commercial,
customer-programmable microprocessor to hit the market? The 8008 came
out in 1972. Were there others introduced that year? I know that the
TMS-1000 was right around that time.
The Rockwell PPS-4 was in there somewhere. (Microcontroller or
microprocessor?).
Cheers,
Chuck