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• From: "Thomas B. Passin" <tpassin@c...>
• Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 18:08:04 -0400
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jcowan@r... wrote:

> Thomas B. Passin scripsit:
> 
> 
>>Rick Marshall wrote:
>>
>>
>>>we used to rule the world with a 4004
>>
>>Gimme a good old Z-80 any day!
> 
> 
> Um, you've already been trumped.  The 4004 was a 4-bit processor anno
> 1971 (see http://www.intel4004.com); the Z-80 had an effete 8-bit data path,
> and didn't emerge until 1976.  It's true that they had the same designer,
> Federico Faggin.


Sure, I know the 4004 came first.  I'd take the Z-80 anyway, first or not.

Cheers,

Tom P

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