**RT @kenshirriff:**
The ancestor of the 8086 processor is the Datapoint 2200, a desktop minicomputer used as an intelligent terminal. Made before the microprocessor, the Datapoint built a processor from a board of chips. The Intel 8008 cloned the Datapoint, first step to the x86 architecture. 🧵
https://nitter.moomoo.me/kenshirriff/status/1690399544691900416#m