6 Jul
1999
6 Jul
'99
2:01 p.m.
"Richard Erlacher" <edick(a)idcomm.com> wrote:
Nope . . . and I made a "high-tech tie-tack"
out of my 8008. I just powered
the box down, pulled the processor out, removed the 8008, bent the pins
around so as not to damage a good silk bib, and super-glued the tack to the
back of it. . . That box, an NBI word processor, used those hard sectored
diskettes with the holes around the outside. EEEK!
regards,
Dick
Hi
I wouldn't worry to much. The 8008, unlike the 4004 wasn't
the first anything. The Fairchild F8 was the first 8 bit.
The 8008 was claimed to be the first single chip ( first F8 = 2 chip )
but even the 8008 needed a specialize clock generator and
bus interface logic to decode and latch states.
I would say that the 8008's only claim to fame was
that it only made a short run and was replaced with
the more long lived 8080.
Dwight
I wonder how much my working 4004 development system would go
for. Not that I wish to sell!
Dwight