On Oct 30, 2015 8:50 PM, "Paul Koning" <paulkon...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > On Oct 30, 2015, at 1:40 PM, Murray McCullough < c.murray.mccullo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > What is the role played by the U.S. gov. in helping to create the > > microcomputer? What money & expertise did it provide? > > Interesting question. Supposedly some of the impetus for integrated circuits came from the space program -- but I think the first ones (at TI) predate that. And the first microcomputer, the Intel 4004, was as far as I remember built to be the engine of a calculator. > > So chances are that various government programs helped at the margins, but were not drivers. > > paul > >
I read about the datapoint 3300, how cdc was connected to the 4004. I also read about how the 4004 was inspired by the f14 (?) fighter jet, Can anyone confirm these?
