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Re:The Itanic Has Sunk by justthisonce666 on Friday July 30, 2021 @08:52AM (#28007388)
>They had made the 8008 and 8080, but those were awkward and ungainly chips meant to power calculators,

I remember talking to Vic Poor when I used to work with him and calculators didn't seem to figure into the whole deal. It's probably worth a quick read through Datapoint history.

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Re:The Itanic Has Sunk by fredoralive on Friday July 30, 2021 @08:59AM (#28007441)
I think the poster is thinking of the 4004, which was originaly designed for a calculator. But that isn't really related to the 8008 onwards, which are based on a Datapoint computer terminal as you say.
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