Gov. & the machine(s) we love

[william degnan]

On Oct 30, 2015 8:50 PM, "Paul Koning" <paulkoning at comcast.net> wrote:
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> > On Oct 30, 2015, at 1:40 PM, Murray McCullough <
c.murray.mccullough at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > What is the role played by the U.S. gov. in helping to create the
> > microcomputer? What money & expertise did it provide?
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> Interesting question.  Supposedly some of the impetus for integrated
circuits came from the space program -- but I think the first ones (at TI)
predate that.  And the first microcomputer, the Intel 4004, was as far as I
remember built to be the engine of a calculator.
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> So chances are that various government programs helped at the margins,
but were not drivers.
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>         paul
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I read about the datapoint 3300, how cdc was connected to the 4004.  I also
read about how the 4004 was inspired by the f14 (?) fighter jet, Can anyone
confirm these?