> On 05/17/2025 11:56 AM EDT dwight via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote:
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> It all depends on what one means by a computer that one could do useful
> things on. A fellow named Tom Pittman wrote a 4004 assembler that ran on the
> SIM4-01 board, using a teletype's tape reader as the source code and the
> intermediate output for the 2 pass assembler. This assembler was released,
> through Intel, in the 4004 manual listed below.
> I don't know what the Comstar systems had but Tom Pittman didn't let not
> having a computer to work on stop him from using the 4004 as a computer.
> Dwight
>
As a related side note, Tom Pittman was rather prolific and well-known in the
early days of home computing. He also wrote several popular versions of Tiny
BASIC. He is still active.
http://www.ittybittycomputers.com/
Will
