4004/8008 (was Re: Forgotten PC History)

[Richard]

In article <20080811085639.GB11609 at usap.gov>,
    Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at usap.gov>  writes:

> Hmm... I happen to have a couple of 4004 chips (one pulled from a
> non-UPC barcode scanner, the other from a commercial kitchen scale),
> and I've long fantasized about building some showcase 4004 circuit,
> probably a digital clock.

Wouldn't a terminal or calculator be the canonical circuit for which
the 4004 was designed?
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