Chronology Current Month Current Thread Current Date
[Year List] [Month List (current year)] [Date Index] [Thread Index] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Date Prev] [Date Next]

[Phys-L] Re: Calculators a Distraction?

Oh!

bc, who learns something every day.

p.s. that means it has a rom for the BASIC?

Bryan Mumford wrote:

Peripheral Interface Controller
An LSI microchip that includes a flash memory, etc. The successor,
I presume, to the BASIC stamp.


The Basic Stamp is made from a PIC chip with additional circuitry.
It's a PIC chip that comes with a canned program (Basic).