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From: Doug Yowza <yowza_at_yowza.com>
Date: Sat Mar 21 02:47:13 1998

On Sat, 21 Mar 1998, Kip Crosby wrote:

> At 01:21 3/21/98 -0600, Doug wrote:
> >Has anybody ventured a definition of computer that allows us to weed out
> >mere calculators? How about:
> >
> >* must be programmable
> >* must be general purpose
> >* must have alphanumeric input capabilites
> >* must have alphanumeric display capabilites
>
> You can even throw in "must have stored-program memory" and, bingo, an
> HP9100 is a computer.

OK, you got me. But the HP9100's alpha keys only went up to the letter
'f' (this must have been for goto labels rather than hex calculation), and
it would be a stretch to call this thing general purpose, but any
calculator with core memory is OK by me.

-- Doug
Received on Sat Mar 21 1998 - 02:47:13 GMT