8 bit vs other Computers.

From: Dwight K. Elvey <dwightk.elvey_at_amd.com>
Date: Mon Nov 25 18:45:56 2002

>From: ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk
>
>> So what? People still did useful work on those machines. I wrote a
>> database program to store my comic book collection on a computer with 2K
>> of effective memory and a rubber "chiclet" keyboard using cassette tape
>> for storage. Are you saying this was't real?
>
>One of my related interests is programmable calculators (which are really
>computers IMHO -- or at least I've love to see a sane definition which
>excludes them). I've been using an HP65 (100 program steps, 10 registers
>(variables)), an HP67 (224 progam steps, 26 variables), and so on. And
>from the published software I have for these machines, I'll bet that
>'real work' was done using them.
>
>-tony
>
>

Oh no!
 Tony has brought 4 bit computers into the world of being
useful. We are just lucky that one can't make a useful
0 bit computer.
Dwight
Received on Mon Nov 25 2002 - 18:45:56 GMT