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Industrial Design with Microcomputers Steven K. Roberts (1981) Prentice-Hall 0.0 A SHORT HISTORY Somewhere in the midst of the 1970s, the “microelectronics revolution” that was already well underway escalated into a meta-revolution. First tentatively, and then with unreserved gusto, the major IC manufacturers turned their collective resources to the development and marketing of microprocessors. The…

Industrial Design with Microcomputersby Steven K. Roberts, 1981Prentice-Hall Preface There was a time, not so long ago, when it was possible to speak of “the mighty microprocessor” as a relatively isolated phenomenon. Although the devices were supremely flexible replacements for random logic, they had not quite changed the world. Not yet, anyway. But it was…