computer words

Mullins, Bill Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL
Tue Dec 6 00:12:59 UTC 2005


 www.digibarn.com has a library/archive of old personal computer
materials.

microcode v. OED has 1981
Homebrew Computer Club Newsletter number two (April 12, 1975) P. 2
http://www.digibarn.com/collections/newsletters/homebrew/V1_02/page2.jpg
"BOB LASH INVITED ME OVER TO SEE HIS 12 BIT MACHINE AND IT REALLY IS A
PIP!  HE SHOWED ME HOW IT COULD COUNT UPWARDS WITH ONE REGISTER AND
DOWNWARDS WITH ANOTHER SIMULTANEOUSLY.  ALL THIS BECAUSE IT IS
MICRO-CODED."

bulletin board OED has 1979
Homebrew Computer Club Newsletter number two (April 12, 1975) P. 3
http://www.digibarn.com/collections/newsletters/homebrew/V1_02/page3.jpg
"Computer-based community information system useful as a learning
exchange, housing registry, electronic bulletin board and community
memory."

hack v. OED has 1984
Homebrew Computer Club Newsletter number three (May 10, 1975) P. 4
http://www.digibarn.com/collections/newsletters/homebrew/V1_03/homebrew_
V1_03_p4.jpg
"Planning on building a LSI-11 with TV, keyboard, modem, floppy disk,
for use as a text editor, calculator, alarm-clock, reminder system,
hacking, music."



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