11 Jan
1998
11 Jan
'98
5:51 a.m.
<> >First programable calc
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<> Then there is the "first solid state electronic calc" which I think
goe
<> the Busicom from Japan that employed the first production run of the in
<> 4000 chip set: the 4001 (2048 bit ROM), 4002 (320 bit RAM), 4003 (10 bi
No, this was not the first by a long means. I vaguely remember a desktop
HP job that was years earlier.
There were designs that were RTL and utililogic and even earlier designs
that were about the size of a desk drawer that were both totally
electronic and to some extent programable.
Allison