On Wed, 22 Nov 2023, ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote:
Was there ever a COMPUTER using a 4004 that you cud really do something
or did tat finally arrive with the 8008 as in the skelby shelby sp? 8008 i
now there was an Intel INTELIC 4 (?sp) could n that use 4004 or one of
the later 4000 numbered proc. We have an intelec 8 and 8 inch floppy drives
here at smecc musem .... always wanted a 4!Ed#
An absurd argument:
It could be argued that the 8085, rather than being designed from scratch
was simply a modification of the 8080. Perhaps significant
modifications, but nevertheless modifications, not redesign from scratch.
If we accept arguments such as that, then we could argue that Pentium is
a modified 80486,
which is a modified 80386,
which is a modified 80286,
which is a modified 80186,
which is a modified 8086,
...
all the way down to the 4004 :-)
Most of those modifications were necessary for subsequent software, . . .
For example, Win3.00 could run on 8088/8086, but Win3.10 demanded A20,
etc.
Therefore, it could be argued that Win11 can be run on a "heavily modified modified
4004"
Motorola tended to redesign from scratch, whereas Intel would modify their
previous design.
[I warned you that it was absurd]
