Here Comes the Second Computer Revolution
date: label: date made
content: 1975
notes: label: Description
content: This is a photocopy of an article by Gene Bylinsky published in <I> Fortune</I> magazine in November of 1975 on pages 134 through 139,. It contrasts the mainframe ENIAC computer of 1946 with the powers of the microcomputer or computer-on-a -chip, noting how easily the latter could be incorporated into devices ranging from a cash register to a microwave oven to a gas chromatograph, reducing manufacturing costs and enhancing the capabilities of the product. The article traces the development of microprocessors at Intel and later chip manufacturers, and lists several applications. One of these (with a picture on p. 139) is the Digitor device for teaching arithmetic. There is no mention of the application of microprocessors in microcomputers such as the Altair.
label: Description
content: For a related object, see 1986.0507.01.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Centurion Industries
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.3081.10
label: catalog number
content: 1986.3081.10
label: nonaccession number
content: 1986.3081
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheets, set of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 8 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 21.59 cm