Not from what I've read, but I could be wrong: "The microprocessors that made the microcomputer possible had originally been developed to run traffic lights an

Not from what I've read, but I could be wrong: "The microprocessors that made the microcomputer possible had originally been developed to run traffic lights and vending machines. They had never been intended to power computers. The first entrepreneurs to attempt this were laughed at; the computers they had created looked hardly worthy of the name--they were so small and could do so little. But they caught on with just enough people for whom they saved time, and slowly, the idea took off." http://www.fastcompany.com/3002810/aha-moments-made-paul-grahams-y-combinator-possible http://www.fastcompany.com/3002810/aha-moments-made-paul-gra...