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From: "Patrick Moran" <pmoran22 AT yahoo DOT com>
To: <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Trivia
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 06:39:56 -0700
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1971 The National Radio Institute introduces the first computer kit, for
US$503.

1972  Canada's Automatic Electronic Systems introduces the world's first
programmable word processor with a video screen, the AES 90. The computer
system uses magnetic disks for storage, and a custom-built microprocessor.

1973 Scelbi Computer Consulting Company offers the first computer kit in the
U.S. using a microprocessor, the Intel 8008-based Scelbi-8H, for US$565,
with 1KB programmable memory.

1974 The June and July issues of Radio Electronics magazine publishes an
article on building a Mark-8  microcomputer, using the Intel 8008.

Take your pick.

Pat

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert W Moss" <domanspc AT juno DOT com>
To: <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 10:09 PM
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).
>
>
>
> On Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:04:15 +1100 "Da Silva, Joe"
> <Joe DOT daSilva AT emailmetering DOT com> 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"
>
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