Corrections to trivia

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Tue Oct 6 14:14:19 1998

< Historical footnotes are always intresting, but it seems to me that to
< pronounce "the F15 CADC was first, not the Intel 4004" is a strawman. W

It is if you leave it at first and don't get any more specific than that.

the F14 CADC was the first microcomputer system that made fly by wire
practical. The 4004 was the first commercially viable single chip CPU.
Clear statments that do not conflict but do make a statment that points
to their significance.

< I'm not denying that Holt produced a CPU, and it may be important in th
< history of military computers. It is irrelevant in the history of the
< personal computer unless there was a personal computer designed that
< included it or a direct descendant.

Or the technology that made the silicon possible for later commercial
designs. It doesn't have to be the same design.

< I think it's great that Holt got his story out. Footnotes always add
< depth, but no chapters need to be rewritten.

The assuption is they are accurate chapters. ;) the depth is needed to
see how the later chapters are significant.


Allison
Received on Tue Oct 06 1998 - 14:14:19 BST