el_chamo

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   by el_chamo 4y ago

   I'm impressed about how sharp the video output of the ZX-81 is here. Original is so wobbly and fuzzy. I suppose he is using some video output converter. That character set, bring back some good childhood memories of learning BASIC wit
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   by el_chamo 4y ago

   Indeed. And perhaps if he hadn't done that, Intel would have succeeded in leaving him out of this historic accomplishment, as things went south between them when Faggin quit and started Zilog. His account of the events are recorded in
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   by el_chamo 4y ago

   Misleading title when the content says things like. "Federico Faggin was assigned to design the chip, and in nine months came up with working prototypes"... "Faggin recalled that when he began implementing the microprocessor,