Message-ID: <67BAFB085CD7D21190B80090273F74A45B7D39@emwatent02.meters.com.au> From: "Da Silva, Joe" To: "'opendos AT delorie DOT com'" Subject: RE: Trivia Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 19:56:06 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Thanks Bob (I guess which URL's you "dig up", depends on which search engine you use, etc. ;-). I'm going to take a wild guess here - was it the computer kit published in Radio Electronics magazine? I know this was the first microcomputer design to be "published", but I'm not sure if it preceded the Altair ... Joe. > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert W Moss [SMTP:domanspc AT juno DOT com] > Sent: Tuesday, 7 November 2000 15:09 > To: opendos AT delorie DOT com > Subject: Re: Trivia > > 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). >