On Sat, 7 Feb 1998, Dave McGuire wrote:

> On February 7, Michael Sokolov wrote:
> > BTW, what's 4004?
> 
>   The 4004 was (I believe) the first microprocessor to come out of
> Intel.  It was 4-bits wide and was designed for desktop calculator
> applications.  Following it was the 8008, an 8-bit microprocessor,
> which was used in several hobbyist microcomputers in the early-mid
> 70's...the Scelbi 8B comes to mind.  The 8008 was followed by the
> 8080, which I'm sure everyone here knows about.
> 
> 
>                        -Dave McGuire
>                         mcguire@neurotica.com
> 
	It was originally used for running traffic lights.

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