> On Oct 30, 2015, at 1:40 PM, Murray McCullough
> <c.murray.mccullo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> What is the role played by the U.S. gov. in helping to create the
> microcomputer? What money & expertise did it provide?
Interesting question. Supposedly some of the impetus for integrated circuits
came from the space program -- but I think the first ones (at TI) predate that.
And the first microcomputer, the Intel 4004, was as far as I remember built to
be the engine of a calculator.
So chances are that various government programs helped at the margins, but were
not drivers.
paul
