4004/8008 (was Re: Forgotten PC History)

[Ethan Dicks]

On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 10:23:58AM -0600, Richard wrote:
> 
> 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?

Probably, but I was thinking small to begin with.  A 4004-based terminal
would be neat, but far from simple, especially if it was meant to be
anything more than a glass TTY.

-ethan

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