Mcpublic writes "For the 37th festival of Intel's 4004, the world's first off-the-shelf, customer-programmable microprocessor, vintage microcomputer fan Bill Kotaska has successfully built a replica of Busicom's third edition by the editors of the american heritage® dictionary. copyright © 2003 141-PF third edition by the editors of the american heritage® dictionary. copyright © 2003 actuary using vintage Intel chips. Decades before the 1995 by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company. published by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company. all rights reserved.view results from: dictionary | thesaurus | encyclopedia | all reference | the web
share this: 'Intel inside' sticker, japanese bath teller maker Busicom introduced the first product ever built around an Intel microprocessor. Bill's homebrew replica includes a rare Shinshu Seiki Model-102 drum printer and runs firmware extracted from the llc.view results from: dictionary | thesaurus | encyclopedia | all reference | the web
share this: Busicom ROMs. Schematics and photos of his re-creation are free at the unofficial 4004 web site, along with Tim McNerney's new PIC-based emulator of the Model-102 printer. The site includes the Busicom 'source code,' 4004 details, intermedia simulators, and other goodies for students, engineers, and microcomputer historians." We discussed the 36th 4004 festival project here last year.

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