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Regards, Tarek Hoteit > On Mar 9, 2023, at 2:51 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > On Mar 9, 2023, at 5:20 PM, Murray McCullough via cctalk > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >>> A lot has been written about the origins of the microcomputer. I wrote a >>> book on the topic. Many thanks for mentioning Canada. Whether one is >>> playing games or doing something else micro-computing is usually associated >>> with a microprocessor as CPU. Anything earlier is a minicomputer or >>> something else. > > On Thu, 9 Mar 2023, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: >> Sure, although that can get fuzzy. A 4004 microcomputer needs multiple >> chips. Conversely, I don't think DEC would call an 11/83 a microcomputer >> even though it uses a single chip (J-11) CPU. Ditto the various small VAXen. > > ALL attempts at dividing lines will have exceptions. > > I remember when there were attempts to draw the lines based on how much > memory each had. But, times change, and my phone is still not a mainframe. > > > BIG / BIGGER / BIGGEST > > Lose: > screw / screwdriver / scope (or technician) > > pick it up / handtruck / forklift and union moving crew > > delivery: > trunk of your car / delivery truck / moving vanS > > desk / room / building > > week's pay / year's pay / financing. > > sales clerk / visiting salesman / department presentations > > extension cord / dedicated circuit / dedicated pole transformer > > sane / eccentric / raving lunatic > > SO is: > annoyed / furious / long gone > > . . . > >
