[cctalk] Re: Intel 4004

2023-11-21 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
So what are the other contenders and what do they bring to table Sent from AOL on Android On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 9:06 PM, Adrian Stoness via cctalk wrote: someone should build it in minecrsft On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 7:01 PM ben via cctalk wrote: > On 2023-11-20 5:36 p.m., Murray McCul

[cctalk] Re: Two items for RSTS/E

2023-11-21 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Nov 20, 2023, at 10:05 PM, Tim Sneddon via cctalk > wrote: > > On Tue, 21 Nov 2023 at 06:13, Paul Koning via cctalk > wrote: > >> I just pushed two additions to https://github.com/pkoning2/decstuff : >> >> In "patches" a new patch for the DEUNA driver. This fixes a problem seen >> wh

[cctalk] Re: Intel 4004

2023-11-21 Thread dwight via cctalk
There is little surviving software for the 4004. There are a few places with snippets of code to do things like add or subtract several digits but my searches of the internet have shown little actual code. The NBS has some code to track satellites and correct for time delays from their clocks (

[cctalk] Re: Intel 4004

2023-11-21 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
ISTR a 4004 on one of the boards of my DTC300 Hytype I daisy wheel printers. (or has unrefreshed wetware dynamic RAM lost its content?) -- Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com

[cctalk] Re: Intel 4004

2023-11-21 Thread Peter Wallace via cctalk
On Tue, 21 Nov 2023, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 11:24:09 -0800 (PST) From: Fred Cisin via cctalk To: dwight via cctalk Cc: Fred Cisin Subject: [cctalk] Re: Intel 4004 ISTR a 4004 on one of the boards of my DTC300 Hytype I daisy wheel printers. (or has unrefreshed we

[cctalk] Re: Intel 4004

2023-11-21 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
> > Subject: [cctalk] Re: Intel 4004 > > > > ISTR a 4004 on one of the boards of my DTC300 Hytype I daisy wheel > printers. > > > > (or has unrefreshed wetware dynamic RAM lost its content?) > > > > > > -- > > Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com > > > > I think thats a 4040 > > Peter W

[cctalk] Re: Intel 4004

2023-11-21 Thread Brent Hilpert via cctalk
On 2023-Nov-21, at 1:03 AM, ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote: > On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 7:01 PM ben via cctalk wrote: >> On 2023-11-20 5:36 p.m., Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote: >>> On Nov. 15, 1971 Intel commercially released the 4004 microprocessor which >>> some consider to be the first. Nonethel

[cctalk] Re: Intel 4004

2023-11-21 Thread Joshua Rice via cctalk
On 21/11/2023 09:03, ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote: So what are the other contenders and what do they bring to table The 4004 was definitely the first commercially available single-chip CPU on the market, but if you include multi-chip LSI designs, the lines get blurry.

[cctalk] Re: Intel 4004

2023-11-21 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
I had heard something about a f14 chip pehS being first but not avail. To general  public???Ed# Sent from AOL on Android On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 2:41 PM, Joshua Rice via cctalk wrote: On 21/11/2023 09:03, ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote: > So what are the other contenders and what do they br

[cctalk] Re: Intel 4004

2023-11-21 Thread Will Cooke via cctalk
More information is here: https://firstmicroprocessor.com/?doing_wp_cron=1700608229.8666059970855712890625 I think that is the designers (Rod Holt?) website. Apparently he won a legal battle to use the term "first microprocessor" for whatever that is worth. Will > On 11/21/2023 2:56 PM CST Br

[cctalk] Re: Intel 4004

2023-11-21 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
ISTR a 4004 on one of the boards of my DTC300 Hytype I daisy wheel printers. (or has unrefreshed wetware dynamic RAM lost its content?) On Tue, 21 Nov 2023, Peter Wallace wrote: I think thats a 4040 Peter Wallace Sorry about that. Not sure whether to blame that on old-timers memory corrupti

[cctalk] Re: Intel 4004

2023-11-21 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
On 21/11/2023 23:14, Will Cooke via cctalk wrote: More information is here: https://firstmicroprocessor.com/?doing_wp_cron=1700608229.8666059970855712890625 I think that is the designers (Rod Holt?) website. Apparently he won a legal battle to use the term "first microprocessor" for whatever t

[cctalk] Re: Intel 4004

2023-11-21 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Nov 21, 2023, at 6:14 PM, Will Cooke via cctalk > wrote: > > More information is here: > https://firstmicroprocessor.com/?doing_wp_cron=1700608229.8666059970855712890625 > > I think that is the designers (Rod Holt?) website. Apparently he won a legal > battle to use the term "first mi

[cctalk] Re: Intel 4004

2023-11-21 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Nov 21, 2023, at 7:13 PM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk > wrote: > > On 21/11/2023 23:14, Will Cooke via cctalk wrote: >> More information is here: >> https://firstmicroprocessor.com/?doing_wp_cron=1700608229.8666059970855712890625 >> >> I think that is the designers (Rod Holt?) website.

[cctalk] Re: Intel 4004

2023-11-21 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Tue, 21 Nov 2023, Brent Hilpert via cctalk wrote: . . . the same time-frame (measured in months) of the 4004. IIRC, there's some argument there about development vs production vs release vs availability dates. also, "announcement" (cf. vaporware) Hence, it makes sense to acknowledge a "ti

[cctalk] Re: Intel 4004

2023-11-21 Thread Rick Bensene via cctalk
The F14 flight control (CADC) computer was a chipset, with different functional aspects built into each chip. The design was done by Garrett AirResearch. The requirements of the system were quite arduous, and thus the computer was reasonably powerful for its time, especially considering its si

[cctalk] Re: Intel 4004

2023-11-21 Thread Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk
On 11/21/2023 4:08 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: ISTR a 4004 on one of the boards of my DTC300 Hytype I daisy wheel printers. (or has unrefreshed wetware dynamic RAM lost its content?) On Tue, 21 Nov 2023, Peter Wallace wrote: I think thats a 4040 Peter Wallace Sorry about that. Not sure

[cctalk] Re: Intel 4004

2023-11-21 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 11/21/23 18:18, Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk wrote: > On 11/21/2023 4:08 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: ISTR a 4004 on one of the boards of my DTC300 Hytype I daisy wheel printers. (or has unrefreshed wetware dynamic RAM lost its content?) > The Diablo high-speed screaming-loud dot

[cctalk] Re: Intel 4004

2023-11-21 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
 what  about that intel 3000 bit slice  thing is  it almost  a microprocessor    yes  no  and   why?  Ed# In a message dated 11/21/2023 3:34:03 PM US Mountain Standard Time, c.murray.mccullo...@gmail.com writes:  There are 5 other possibilities for the honour:e  or  noe  and why? No. 2:   Texas