On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 1:13 PM Steve Lewis via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Yes, it seems PALM did have a few evolutions, which just makes me curious > if there were even earlier editions than this one from 1972. But even if > so - then like the 4004, we're struggling to find evidence of actual > products that made use of them. Wasn't the 4004 used in some cash > registers, street lights, or some weighing machines? (I don't have any > specific references, just recollections from past reading) > > <snip> Use of the 4004 would be found first within Intel products themselves, not 3rd party cash register or pioneering gas pump manufacturers. That's why you can't find much. Intel made the first hardware powered by 4004. They started with chip sets, manuals, starter kit hardware, trainers, etc. to get the customer started. I checked bitsavers.org I did not see the first 4004 product guide and sales literature. I have some of this in paper form, but not much. I assume someone has a scanned copy online of the various products intel initially sold with "intel 4004 inside". The microprocessor was a new concept so it would not have been instantly absorbed by the market without a little salesmanship by Intel to inspire customers how to use this new technology. After a while customers started making and then producing things that used the 4004 chipset, but only after Intel got them started. right? Bill
