Subj : Re: The Documentary...
To   : Angus McLeod
From : Sniper
Date : Sun Aug 14 2005 04:44 pm

  To: Angus McLeod
-=> Angus McLeod wrote to Sniper <=-

 AM>   Re: Re: The Documentary...
 AM>   By: Sniper to Mrproper on Sat Aug 13 2005 15:27:00

 > Hmmm... that would be 1971, so, yea, your right.  The first
 > microprocessor was the 8008, built in November of 1972...

 AM> Actually, no.

 AM> The first microprocessor chip was the Intel 4004, which was then
 AM> followed by the Intel 4040.  Both of these were 4-bit chips.  The 8008
 AM> was an 8-bit chip that came out some time between the release of the
 AM> two 4-bit parts. I don't know if anybody built general purpose
 AM> computing systems around it. The Altair 8800 was based on the 8080
 AM> chip.

Sorry, the history book I was reading on that never mentioned the 
4004... What time frame was that?  I'd like to update my knowledge on 
that subject.



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