To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 21:09:16 -0800 Subject: Re: Trivia Message-ID: <20001106.224433.-3945551.0.domanspc@juno.com> X-Mailer: Juno 4.0.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0-8,10-15,17-28,30-48 X-Juno-Att: 0 X-Juno-RefParts: 0 From: Robert W Moss Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Joe, I usually just go shopping when I look up something on the net. I just typed I8008 or intell 8008 on the address line and clicked on go, and let the computer do the walking. I forgot what URL I got the complete info on the I8008 chip trivia question, but here are a few to get you started. http://www.bobrich.lexitech.com/hist12.htm http://www.realtime-info.be/encyc/techno/55/57.htm http://www.tasc.com/products/horizonmaster/html/irm/in/intel/init/html/i8 008.html http://puma.dpg.devry.edu/~evo/intel.htm http://exo.com.~wts/mits0013.htm http://cs.ru.ac.za/cs2/comp1971.htm While you guys are surfing maybe you can find the answer to another little trivia question. Be careful how you answer, because it is not really that obvious, even though several people have posted different answers. "What was the first personal computer." Remember, it must be small, inexpensive, simple, digital, automatic, programmable and accessible, i.e. to those who are not millionaires. (Hint: It was a microcomputer, and it was available before the Altair 8800 - some surfing required). On Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:04:15 +1100 "Da Silva, Joe" writes: > Could you tell us the URL (the 8008 info, etc.)? > > Regards, > Joe. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robert W Moss [SMTP:domanspc AT juno DOT com] > > > I had to do a little surfing to catch up with the I8008 info but I > > finally found > > this in a on-line 'History of Computers' site. > > > > The people at Intel made the price of the I8008 a joke, an > in-house joke > > about > > the IBM 360 mainframe computer. They priced it at $360. > > > > BOB 'DOMAN' MOSS "Chocolate is a vitamin" ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.