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Kilby and TI was only part of the IC story, Fairchild was also part
of the development:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.computerhistory.org/semiconductor/timeline/1960-FirstIC.html">http://www.computerhistory.org/semiconductor/timeline/1960-FirstIC.html</a><br>
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Will<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/27/16 4:59 PM, Bill Cunningham
wrote:<br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Calculators I'm thinking of are
"HandHeld" and the IC by Jack Kilby.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">1976. The "year the slide rule
died" They say.</font></div>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, February
27, 2016 5:05 PM</div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Simh] pdp11
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On 2016-02-27 20:46, Paul Koning wrote:<br>
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>> On Feb 27, 2016, at 2:36 PM, Bill Cunningham <<a
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>> 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?<br>
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> HLL? I was talking about assembler... Anyway, I don't
believe COBOL was the first HLL, though it certainly was fairly
early.<br>
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The first HLL ought to have been FORTRAN. Lisp might have been
the <br>
second, but I'm not entirely sure.<br>
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I'm not sure what kind of calculators Bill are thinking of. But
until <br>
the early 70s, calculators were usually mechanical, or
electromechanical <br>
things with cogwheels, and definitely worked in decimal.<br>
No processors in there...<br>
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Johnny<br>
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|| Reading murder books<br>
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B.
Idol<br>
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