Information Technology Reference
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1.7.30
Which processor did the Commodore PET use:
(a)
Zilog Z80
(b)
MOS Technology 6502
(c)
Intel 8080
(d)
NEC 780-1
1.7.31
Which processor did the TRS-80 use:
(a)
Zilog Z80
(b)
MOS Technology 6502
(c)
Intel 8080
(d)
NEC 780-1
1.7.32
Which processor did the ZX80 use:
(a)
Zilog Z80
(b)
MOS Technology 6502
(c)
Intel 8080
(d)
NEC 780-1
1.7.33
Which company distributed CP/M:
(a)
Microsoft
(b)
Digital Research
(c)
Xerox
(d)
Applesoft
1.7.34
Which software language was standard on most early PCs:
(a)
C
(b)
BASIC
(c)
Pascal
(d)
Assembly Language
1.7.35
How did the Motorola 68000 gain its name:
(a)
No reason
(b)
It was sold for $680.00
(c)
It sounded like the 8008 (d)
It had 68 000 transistors
1.7.36
Which company produced the VAX range of computers:
(a)
IBM
(b)
DEC
(c)
Compaq
(d)
Apple
1.8
Notes from the author
The history of the PC is an unbelievable story, full of successes and failures. Many people
who used some of the computer systems before the IBM PC was developed, wipe a tear from
their eyes, for various reasons, when they remember their first introduction to computers,
typically with the Sinclair Spectrum or the Apple II. In those days, all your programs could
be saved to a single floppy disk, 128 KB of memory was more than enough to run any pro-
gram, and the nearest you got to a GUI was at the adhesives shelf at your local DIY store. It
must be said that computers were more interesting in those days. Open one up, and it was
filled with processor chips, memory chips, sound chips, and so on. You could almost see the
thing working (a bit like it was in the days of valves). These days, computers lack any soul;
