15 Jan
2021
15 Jan
'21
6:02 p.m.
On 01/15/2021 05:07 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
On 1/15/21 3:11 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
> It's also worth noting that (ostensibly) the first complete
> microcomputer system (keyboard, printer, storage) was the
> MCM/70, using
> an 8008 implementing APL (not BASIC!).
>
I had to see this message several times before I saw the
8008! WOW, the 8008 was a very limited
processor, I'm amazed it could handle APL! I built an 8008
system using wire-wrap in 1976, but it only had 256 bytes of
static RAM, and a keypad and LEDs for a console.
Jon