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The Microprocessor Turns 40: Intel's Monumental Accident
Forbes ^
| 11/15/2011
| Michael Kanellos,
Posted on 11/18/2011 5:38:57 PM PST by Kid Shelleen
Today on the 40th anniversary of the 4004, the worlds first microprocessor, the world should salute Intel and the three inventors of that microchip for the accomplishment.
But lets not forget that a little bit of luck and good lawyering helped too.
The 4004 was essentially a contract engineering assignment.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Science
KEYWORDS: intel; microprocessor; radio
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To: unkus
Eww!
Thank you for your service unkus.
I told people to stop sending pogy bait to the troops and to send baby wipes.
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posted on
11/18/2011 8:59:21 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mylife
They use a western NPR format.
That’s funny.
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posted on
11/18/2011 8:59:31 PM PST
by
unkus
(Silence Is Consent)
To: mylife
They use a western NPR format.
That’s funny.
63
posted on
11/18/2011 8:59:37 PM PST
by
unkus
(Silence Is Consent)
To: Ron C.
that is a great story.
I remember when the bakery I worked at in 1985 or so hired a couple guys to write a program to output the bakery production (orders in, calculate doughs required, etc) it was freaking awesome when they came by and loaded the program (and I assume we watched it compile?) saw screenfulls of code swim by. Was the coolest thing I’d ever seen.
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posted on
11/18/2011 9:00:12 PM PST
by
visualops
(artlife.us)
To: mylife
Thanks, mylife. JDoutrider and I appreciate that.
65
posted on
11/18/2011 9:03:28 PM PST
by
unkus
(Silence Is Consent)
To: unkus
66
posted on
11/18/2011 9:06:37 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: unkus
It is funny but they fool lots of folks with the format.
Intellectuals eat it up LoL!
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posted on
11/18/2011 9:08:19 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mylife
It is funny but they fool lots of folks with the format.
Intellectuals eat it up LoL!
Just like our “progressive” elites here in the States. Oh, they’re so enlightened!
68
posted on
11/18/2011 9:12:48 PM PST
by
unkus
(Silence Is Consent)
To: mylife
The Sangean radios are good, but I prefer my Icom R-71A.
69
posted on
11/18/2011 9:13:29 PM PST
by
Octar
To: unkus
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posted on
11/18/2011 9:14:07 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Kid Shelleen
I’ve got a Z80a made into a tie tack. It’s way cool bit nobody knows what it is, but me. I only use it with my flying toasters tie.
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posted on
11/18/2011 9:16:56 PM PST
by
Poser
(Cogito ergo Spam - I think, therefore I ham)
To: Octar
Both great company’s.
I was just trying to present nice radios on a budget, because many people would be disappointed to spend a lot of money and find that SW isn’t their thing.
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posted on
11/18/2011 9:17:06 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: SamAdams76; Kid Shelleen
Didn't know what a microprocessor was in those days but I did have one of those portable AM transistor radios that ran on a 9 volt battery and had one of those earplugs that only went in one ear because without stereo, why bother with two?I have one of those too!
To: JDoutrider
It’s been 40 years. We’re not ‘Cherry boys’ any more. LOL
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posted on
11/18/2011 9:33:54 PM PST
by
unkus
(Silence Is Consent)
To: unkus
T’is the truth... LOL!
Gawd do I feel old!
75
posted on
11/18/2011 10:21:18 PM PST
by
JDoutrider
(The democrat party has morphed into an evil institution that is hell bent on destroying America.)
To: JDoutrider
May the sun warm your back and a breeze cool your brow.
And all the Irish blessings that apply be sent your way!
76
posted on
11/18/2011 10:33:41 PM PST
by
unkus
(Silence Is Consent)
To: Kid Shelleen
Seymour Cray invented the microprocessor. He never got credit for this contribution to computer science.
77
posted on
11/18/2011 10:40:26 PM PST
by
MrsEmmaPeel
(a government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have)
To: Kid Shelleen
5 years old, we just got our first color TV, still have it too.
78
posted on
11/18/2011 11:26:46 PM PST
by
Nowhere Man
(General James Mattoon Scott, where are you when we need you? We need a regime change.)
To: SamAdams76
I had a GE 6 transistor radio that I hid under my pillow too. Even at that age, Grandma turned me onto talkshows and later, the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. I still have it somewhere. Now I use a 1965 8 Transistor Magnavox and a Grundig G6 Aviator Buzz Aldrin edition. The latter is the size of a cigarette pack, gets 150 kc to 30 Mc, FM and VHF-Air, runs a long time on 2 AA batteries. There was a time I noticed my battery life was shorter, until Mom told me she uses it to listen to Hannity while I'm at work. B-)
BTW, I also have a Heinz bottle ketchup 6 transistor radio from 1980, I also have the box too.
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posted on
11/18/2011 11:32:23 PM PST
by
Nowhere Man
(General James Mattoon Scott, where are you when we need you? We need a regime change.)
To: unkus
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posted on
11/18/2011 11:39:13 PM PST
by
JDoutrider
(The democrat party has morphed into an evil institution that is hell bent on destroying America.)
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