Tek 4404 launch (was: 1970s microprocessor magazine articles)

Eric Smith wrote: Yeah, I had been interested in creating a Smalltalk computer since the famous August 1981 Byte but had figured lots of well funded companies would do a better job. By July 1984 it seemed that nobody was going to do it, so I started the project I am still working on today (sorry - I am a bit slooooow). The Tektronix 4404 Artificial Intelligence Workstation was announced right after that, so I had to consider very carefully whether it made sense for me to continue. I figured I could make a smaller, but still usable version for around 1/3 of the $14,950 price and so it was worth trying. Allen Wirfs-Brock posted technical details about the machine on September 18, 1984 to the "net.works" newsgroup and suggested that people take a look at the next Tektronix catalog. I have the 1985 catalog and page 63 is dedicated to the 4404. -- Jecel p.s.: Smalltalk-72 and -74 were very different from the current language, while -76 (available in 1977) would be recognized as Smalltalk by today's programmers