Looking Back: Engfer's Garage has 1949 Futuramic Olds with 'rocket engine'
120 YEARS AGO Week of Feb. 4, 1904
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120 YEARS AGO Week of Feb. 4, 1904
If Shakespeare were a technology fiction writer, he likely would have come up with something that looked very much like the story of the Fairchild F8 and Mostek 3870 microcontrollers. It’s a story full of misplaced trust, corporate seduction, shifting loyalties, misadventure, misappropriation, legal machinations, and great success followed by oblivion. A truly Shakespearean tale…
Intel announced the first commercially successful microprocessor, the 4004, in late 1971. By 1974 Intel had introduced four microprocessors: the 4-bit, “low-end” 4004 and the upgraded 4040, and the 8-bit 8008 and 8080. Intel’s 4-bit 4004 and 4040 microprocessors were used primarily for embedded control applications where I/O capabilities and performance and lower part cost…
Worthington was a natural for the natural ice industry. The railroads were here. The lake was here.