6502

[Bruce Plecan]

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Boucher <BoucherJC at lmtas.lmco.com>
To: diy_efi at esl.eng.ohio-state.edu <diy_efi at esl.eng.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Friday, October 02, 1998 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: 6502

Back in 75, I saw a Pontiac, that was a gm mule, that was feedback Carb
Prototype.  Had about 3 gazillion relays, and 2 bazillion feet of wiring
under
the hood..  Told the guy I needed to yank some of them wirz out, he didn't
see any humor in anything I said.  He'd brought it in for an oil change and
was
real antsy about me driving it into the lube bay.
Bruce


>> Intel originally developed the 4004 under contract to a Japanese
>> calculator company.
>
>Back around 1975, some friends and I went to a salvage yard looking for
something.  We
>noticed a bunch of non-auto junk laying close to fence.  We went back late
that night and
>five fingered a "calculator".  Yes, I feel guilty about it now.  I made
lots of mess's in
>my youth but I rarely destroyed or stole anything of any value.
>
>It had a built in CRT, was bigger than a MacIntosh, and would only add,
subtract,
>multiply and divide.  We took the cover off and as I remeber it had
individual
>transistors, resistors and capacitors and no IC chips.  Wish I had ended up
with it.  One
>of my buddies LCD fried brother somehow kept it.  It would be a hell of a
conversation
>piece.
>
>My wife probably wouldn't mind it sitting on the coffee table.
>"My dear, what an interesting table piece you have."
>"Yes, and it has individual transistors and no IC chips!  Joe stole it when
he was young
>and stupid."
>
>Joe (Confession is good for the sole, er, soul) Boucher
>'70 RS/SS Camaro  '81 TBI Suburban
>
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