[Simh] pdp11 and unix

[Will Senn]

Kilby and TI was only part of the IC story, Fairchild was also part of 
the development:

http://www.computerhistory.org/semiconductor/timeline/1960-FirstIC.html

Will

On 2/27/16 4:59 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
> Calculators I'm thinking of are "HandHeld" and the IC by Jack Kilby.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kilby
> 1976. The "year the slide rule died" They say.
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Johnny Billquist <mailto:bqt at softjar.se>
>     *To:* simh at trailing-edge.com <mailto:simh at trailing-edge.com>
>     *Sent:* Saturday, February 27, 2016 5:05 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: [Simh] pdp11 and unix
>
>     On 2016-02-27 20:46, Paul Koning wrote:
>     >
>     >> On Feb 27, 2016, at 2:36 PM, Bill Cunningham
>     <billcun at suddenlink.net <mailto:billcun at suddenlink.net>> wrote:
>     >>
>     >> Well that's certainly before ICs I think that was in the 1950s
>     and it was some early calculators that killed slide rules. What
>     kind of "processor" were they using? I'm not so sure there was
>     real HLL before Adm. Hopper. And no binary by Babbge. Do you have
>     any links or anything from the '40s?
>     >
>     > HLL?  I was talking about assembler...  Anyway, I don't believe
>     COBOL was the first HLL, though it certainly was fairly early.
>
>     The first HLL ought to have been FORTRAN. Lisp might have been the
>     second, but I'm not entirely sure.
>
>     I'm not sure what kind of calculators Bill are thinking of. But until
>     the early 70s, calculators were usually mechanical, or
>     electromechanical
>     things with cogwheels, and definitely worked in decimal.
>     No processors in there...
>
>     Johnny
>
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