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It may have been the first 16-bit home computer, but it certainly wasn't the first 16-bit computer. Or even the first 16-bit computer with a CPU on one chip. A
by 80211 9y ago
It may have been the first 16-bit home computer, but it certainly wasn't the first 16-bit computer. Or even the first 16-bit computer with a CPU on one chip.
And there were many, many bit-sliced 16-bit computers that predated it by years. Like the AYK-14: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/AYK-14 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/AYK-14
- IrishJourno 9y agoHi -- As I noted above, I'm one of the editor's at IEEE Spectrum. And you're absolutely correct: as the article does make clear, it was the first 16-bit HOME computer. We should have been more specific in the headline, our bad.
- pinewurst 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirlwind_I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirlwind_I Whirlwind, circa 1950, was probably the 1st 16-bit computer.
- dboreham 9y agoGo GI!