Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!amdcad!amdahl!drivax!socha From: socha@drivax.UUCP (Henri J. Socha (7-x6628)) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Microprocessors Keywords: Intel, Motorola Message-ID: <2835@drivax.UUCP> Date: 16 Dec 87 19:14:20 GMT References: <2175@tekig5.TEK.COM> <1026@hp-sdd.HP.COM> <2530@calmasd.GE.COM> <1818@epiwrl.EPI.COM> <1921@chinet.UUCP> <2769@drivax.UUCP> <240@esquire.UUCP> <2804@drivax.UUCP> <430@gethen.UUCP> Reply-To: socha@drivax.UUCP (Henri J. Socha (7-x6628)) Followup-To: comp.sys.intel Organization: Digital Research, Monterey, CA Lines: 19 In article <430@gethen.UUCP> farren@gethen.UUCP (Michael J. Farren) writes: >In article <2804@drivax.UUCP> socha@drivax.UUCP (Henri J. Socha (7-x6628)) writes: >>Did you know that the Intel 80386 architecture based on the ... 8008. >>... It was called the Datapoint 2200. Introduced in '71 I think. >... The design for Datapoint, ... was the 4004, ... > an entirely different kettle of fish than the 8008. ^^^^^^^^^ I beg to differ. The 4004 was done for Busicom a Japanese calculator manufacturer. >Followups have been redirected to comp.sys.intel My reply and quotes proving the point are there. -- UUCP:...!amdahl!drivax!socha WAT Iron'75 "Everything should be made as simple as possible but not simpler." A. Einstein