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For the same reason we call the PDP-8 a minicomputer and the C64 a microcomputer. It's smaller than what came before it. Then we realized it will continue to g
by nom 6y ago
For the same reason we call the PDP-8 a minicomputer and the C64 a microcomputer. It's smaller than what came before it.
Then we realized it will continue to get smaller and after nano it will sound stupid so we stopped
- msla 6y agoThe C64 was a microcomputer because it was built around a microprocessor, which is a single-chip CPU. As in, not like what the F-14 had.