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Microcomputer

A microcomputer is a small, relatively inexpensive computer having a central processing unit (CPU) made out of a single integrated circuit microprocessor. The computer also includes memory and input/output (I/O) circuitry together mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB). Microcomputers became popular in the 1970s and 1980s with the advent of…

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Microcomputer

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related to Early microcomputers · 26
Microcomputer → About, After, Alvan, April, Corporation, Etudes Electroniques, François Gernelle, French, In, Intel, LSI, May, Meanwhile, Micral-N, Micro-ordinateur, R2E, Réalisations, SMP80/08, SMP80/x, Sord
related to Origins · 21
Microcomputer → CPU, Development, Fantasy, François Gernelle, French, French Institut National, Head, In, INRA, Isaac Asimov, July, Micral, Micro-ordinateur, Most, R2E, Recherche Agronomique, Science Fiction, The, The Dying Night, The Magazine
related to TTL precursors · 18
Microcomputer → Additionally, Although, BASIC, CTC, Datapoint's CPU, Hewlett-Packard, However, HP, Intel, Later, Science, Some, The, The Datapoint, The HP, This, TTL, While
related to Colloquial use of the term · 17
Microcomputer → Apple II, BBC Micro, BIOS, By, Commodore, CP/M-based, DOS, However, IBM, IBM PC, IBM's, In, PC, The, TRS-80, Windows, ZX Spectrum
related to Home computers · 11
Microcomputer → After, Apple II, By, IBM, IBM PC, In, The, The BASIC, These, TV, VisiCalc
related to Description · 10
Microcomputer → Although, Bigger, Computer, CPU, In, Later, Microcomputers, Monitors, Other, RAM
see also · 2
Microcomputer → History, Lists
is a · 1
Microcomputer → small

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Microcomputeris asmall0.90text
the MOS Technology 6502instance ofMicrocomputers became popular in the 1970s and 1980s with the advent of increasingly powerful microprocessors0.80text
Zilog Z80instance ofMicrocomputers became popular in the 1970s and 1980s with the advent of increasingly powerful microprocessors0.80text
and Intel 8088instance ofMicrocomputers became popular in the 1970s and 1980s with the advent of increasingly powerful microprocessors0.80text
the Altair 8800 were often sold as kits to be assembled by the userinstance ofto designate a solid state machine designed with a microprocessor.In the US the earliest models0.80text
and came with as little as 256 bytes of RAMinstance ofto designate a solid state machine designed with a microprocessor.In the US the earliest models0.80text
and no input/output devices other than indicator lightsinstance ofto designate a solid state machine designed with a microprocessor.In the US the earliest models0.80text
switchesinstance ofto designate a solid state machine designed with a microprocessor.In the US the earliest models0.80text
useful as a proof of concept to demonstrate what such a simple device could doinstance ofto designate a solid state machine designed with a microprocessor.In the US the earliest models0.80text
keyboard inputinstance ofmicrocomputers grew cheaper and easier to use.Increasingly inexpensive logic chips such as the 7400 series allowed cheap dedicated circuitry for improved user interfaces0.80text
instead of simply a row of switches to toggle bits one at a time.Use of audio cassettes for inexpensive data storage replaced manual re-entry of a program every time the device was powered on.Large cheap arrays of silicon logic gates in the form of read-only memoryinstance ofmicrocomputers grew cheaper and easier to use.Increasingly inexpensive logic chips such as the 7400 series allowed cheap dedicated circuitry for improved user interfaces0.80text
EPROMs allowed utility programsinstance ofmicrocomputers grew cheaper and easier to use.Increasingly inexpensive logic chips such as the 7400 series allowed cheap dedicated circuitry for improved user interfaces0.80text

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