16 Dec
2008
16 Dec
'08
12:20 p.m.
>>>> "Jos" == Jos Dreesen </
Marian Capel <jos.mar at bluewin.ch>> writes:
Jos> ...The i4004 is a controller, at least to me, because it is
Jos> dependent on a specific set of supporting ciruits (4001,40002
Jos> and 4003). The 8008 is much more general purpose.
I would make the distinction on the basis of what you can do with it.
A college classmate of mine built a 4004 based microcomputer in 1974
that was a general purpose machine, just as the early 8008 basd
micros. I would certainly call his creation a microcomputer, not a
controller. It certainly was hairy -- about 100 chips on a large
wire wrap board.
paul