[SunRescue] Re: [OT] - FCC phone number?

[Ken Hansen]

A calculator!

Seriously, I don't think the 4004 was ever sold as part of a commercial
computer kit, but I think the 8008 may have been.

The 4004 was, IIRC, a 4 bit word computer chip... THe 8008 was 8 bit, and
no, the 8080 was not an 80 bit chip ;^)

Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: <dave at cca.org>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 7:36 PM
Subject: [SunRescue] Re: [OT] - FCC phone number?


> rjw at alembic.com writes:
>
> >so i'm also one of the old ones here, 60. i started with the 4004 chip
> >and then got one of the first Altair 8080 kits, ran it with a KSR33
>
> What machine was the 4004 in???
>
> >teletype, loading the bootstrap loader with the switches, then ran
> >the short bootstrap tape, and finally the 20-minutes-to-load Micro
> >Soft BASIC punched tape (their first product).  flirted with the
> >Apple I (it was sold as a kit only) then settled in with commordore
> >PET's (still using two 64's to run NC machines and a SuperPET as the
> >programming station).  built a Novix computer (hardware Forth machine).
>
> What kind of NC equipment? I've been doing brass work with a CNC milling
> machine recently. (Photos: www.cca.org/dave/gallery7.html)
>
> >Ron Wickersham
> >rjw at rfo.org                              rjw at alembic.com
> >Robert Ferguson Observatory project      Alembic, Inc.
> >Valley of the Moon Observatory Assn.     The best Basses in the world
>
> Alembic - what about.... what was that guy that spun off from Guild,
> with the bizarre run-wires-off-both-ends-of-the-string pickup idea -
> "Lane Poor" or something? Does he still make basses?
>
> -------- david fischer -------- dave at cca.org -------- www.cca.org --------
> ---------- never let reason stand in the way of self-confidence ----------
> _______________________________________________
> Rescue maillist  -  Rescue at sunhelp.org
> http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue