Corrections to trivia

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Wed Oct 7 14:59:53 1998

< What about...
< ...the KIM-1? (1976, 6502)
< ...the JOLT? (1975, 6502)
< ...the COSMAC ELF? (1975)
< ...the SWTPc 6800? (1975, 6800)

The cosmac elf was the august 1976 cover of Popular Electronics.

The key here was the 8080 predates the Altair by over a year but within
1 year of the 8080 introduction there would be a slew of new CPUs many
lower cost. The 6502 was the knee breaker! After that there would be
the COSMAC-1802, SC/MP, and a truckload of others.

< > this fact if, say, TI engineers had actually produced a microprocesso
< > before Intel. The important "firsts" in documenting the personal comp
< > revolution are commercialization, availability, and price.
<
< That certainly doesn't tell the whole story. The only thing this type o
< historical "documentation" serves is a company's marketing efforts.

They did in essence, TI brought us the calculator chip before intel with
the 4004. The difference that is significant is the same number of gates
were applied as a generalized programable system... That was important.
The however is that TI1000 was the same time nearly.

< imposed on the product. The CADC shows that much more was possible tha
< was previously believed for that early era in microprocessor history.
< That's significant, and relevant.

The CADC also attacked the specialized vs programmable before intel.

< I don't think chapters need to be re-written either. A whole NEW chapte
< needs to be added.
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