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Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 21:53:31 -0800
Reply-To: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> Sender: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> From: "Kip Crosby, CHAC" <engine@CHAC.ORG>
Subject: CM> First uproc Toy?
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At 00:35 3/5/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Merlin was a hand-held game from around 1978 which looked like a red "princess" telephone....
>My understanding is that Merlin is the first commercial toy to use a microprocessor.
I would bet on a small table-model "robot" that was built in about 1973-4 and powered by a 4004. It was used to teach (binary?) arithmetic. I don't remember the name of it, but Gwen Bell does, if she's listening.
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Reply-To: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
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Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> From: "Kip Crosby, CHAC" <engine@CHAC.ORG>
Subject: CM> First uproc Toy?
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Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace ______________________________________________________________________
At 00:35 3/5/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Merlin was a hand-held game from around 1978 which looked like a red "princess" telephone....
>My understanding is that Merlin is the first commercial toy to use a microprocessor.
I would bet on a small table-model "robot" that was built in about 1973-4 and powered by a 4004. It was used to teach (binary?) arithmetic. I don't remember the name of it, but Gwen Bell does, if she's listening.
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