Re: [xml-dev] XML Binary Characterization WG public list availabl e

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Re: [xml-dev] XML Binary Characterization WG public list availabl e
 wrote:

> Thomas B. Passin scripsit:
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>>Rick Marshall wrote:
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>>>we used to rule the world with a 4004
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>>Gimme a good old Z-80 any day!
> 
> 
> Um, you've already been trumped.  The 4004 was a 4-bit processor anno
> 1971 (see http://www.intel4004.com); the Z-80 had an effete 8-bit data path,
> and didn't emerge until 1976.  It's true that they had the same designer,
> Federico Faggin.


Sure, I know the 4004 came first.  I'd take the Z-80 anyway, first or not.

Cheers,

Tom P