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DATE | 2004-11-03 |
FROM | Billy
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SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] FW: TRIVIA
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From owner-hangouts-destenys-at-mrbrklyn.com Wed Nov 3 01:18:16 2004 X-UIDL: $VG!!kjP"!c):!!G''#! Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mrbrklyn.com (8.12.11/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with ESMTP id iA36IGjW031778 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2004 01:18:16 -0500 Received: (from mdom-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.12.11/8.12.3/Submit) id iA36IFkE031777 for hangouts-destenys; Wed, 3 Nov 2004 01:18:15 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: www2.mrbrklyn.com: mdom set sender to owner-hangouts-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com using -f Received: from mail.dadadada.net (MAIL.DADADADA.NET [209.48.2.106]) by mrbrklyn.com (8.12.11/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with ESMTP id iA36IFqw031772 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2004 01:18:15 -0500 Received: from billy by mail.dadadada.net with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CPEVl-0004xW-00; Wed, 03 Nov 2004 01:20:49 -0500 Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 01:20:49 -0500 From: Billy To: Michael Richardson Cc: "'hangout-at-nylxs.com'" Subject: Re: [hangout] FW: TRIVIA Message-ID: <20041103062049.GA29760-at-mail.dadadada.net> References: <7D663C4B24FCD211A22200A0C9EC118BDF7006-at-ALBSV2> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7D663C4B24FCD211A22200A0C9EC118BDF7006-at-ALBSV2> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: owner-hangouts-at-mrbrklyn.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Billy List: New Yorker GNU Linux Scene Admin: To unsubscribe send unsubscribe name-at-domian.com in the body to hangout-request-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on www2.mrbrklyn.com X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=4.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,UPPERCASE_25_50 autolearn=no version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: X-Keywords: X-UID: 37347 Status: RO Content-Length: 937 Lines: 28
On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 01:28:59PM -0500, Michael Richardson wrote: > Can anyone answer this?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Israel Zilberstein > Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 1:12 PM > To: Michael Richardson > Subject: TRIVIA > > > > QUESTION: IF THE FIRST MICROCHIPS WERE FROM THE EARLY 70s, DID THEY POWER > THE FIRST HAND HELD CALCULATORS? IT WAS THE INTEL 4004 CHIP, RIGHT?
The first ICs were developed in the 60s. TI made a calculator in 1967, it just used a custom IC, rather than a microprocessor. It could '+','-','*', and '/', and nothing else.
The 4004 was released 15 Nov 1971, and it was the first microprocessor. It immediately went into a handheld calculator, but the 4004 was capable of much more than the fixed hardware of the TI IC.
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