On Wed, 22 Sept 2021 at 00:01, Jecel Assumpcao Jr via cctalk
wrote:
> The TI people were selling their chip as a simple four operation
> calculator. Here is what the Sinclair people did with it:
>
> http://files.righto.com/calculator/sinclair_scientific_simulator.html
And that's where the "world
I have a version of a full size 8" floppy drive footprint (or hard
drive) which is wafer scale storage.
thanks
Jim
On 9/21/2021 3:00 PM, Jecel Assumpcao Jr via cctalk wrote:
An interesting project that Sir Clive was involved in was the wafer
scale integration effort by Ivor Catt.
http://www.co
Fred Cisin wrote on Sat, 18 Sep 2021 13:45:04 -0700 (PDT)
> On Sat, 18 Sep 2021, dwight via cctalk wrote:
> > Of course, Busicom was the first programed microprocessor driven
> > calculator, it wasn't the first calculator using calculator ICs. That is
> > what Busicom was trying to compete with,
On 9/18/2021 1:45 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On Sat, 18 Sep 2021, dwight via cctalk wrote:
Of course, Busicom was the first programed microprocessor driven
calculator, it wasn't the first calculator using calculator ICs. That
is what Busicom was trying to compete with, when going to In
On Sat, 18 Sep 2021, dwight via cctalk wrote:
Of course, Busicom was the first programed microprocessor driven
calculator, it wasn't the first calculator using calculator ICs. That is
what Busicom was trying to compete with, when going to Intel in the
first place.
I think that the Sinclair us
Clive Sinclair died at 81 after a long illness (probably not Covid)
'course now he is touted as being "the inventor of the pocket calculator"
(as with all "FIRST"s, it leaves out a few predecessors,such as Busicom
(1971, whose contract with Intel led to the 4004), Kilby's 1967 "Cal Tech"
at TI,
Of course, Busicom was the first programed microprocessor driven calculator, it
wasn't the first calculator using calculator ICs. That is what Busicom was
trying to compete with, when going to Intel in the first place.
Dwight
From: cctalk on behalf of Fred Cisi
On 9/18/21 11:15 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
Clive Sinclair died at 81 after a long illness (probably not Covid)
'course now he is touted as being "the inventor of the pocket calculator"
(as with all "FIRST"s, it leaves out a few predecessors,such as Busicom
(1971, whose contract with Int
On 9/18/21 9:15 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> Clive Sinclair died at 81 after a long illness (probably not Covid)
>
>
> 'course now he is touted as being "the inventor of the pocket calculator"
> (as with all "FIRST"s, it leaves out a few predecessors,such as Busicom
> (1971, whose contract
