> On Oct 23, 2015, at 12:37 PM, Fred Cisin <ci...@xenosoft.com> wrote:
>
> ...
>> Today 3 billion people are on the net
>
> Is that all? I've always thought of writing an SF story involving extensive
> extra-terrestial presence on the net.
Neat idea. Go for it!
>> but really made it possible for this extravagant number was the
>> microcomputer created at around the same time – the Micral in France and
>> 4004 processor machines in the U.S.
>
> How many people consider the Micral to be of that level of significance?
That's mixing up apples and crates. A 4004 is a chip, and a very significant
one. A Micral is a box with chips in it, similar to Altair or Imsai but not as
well known.
paul
