Editing Computer program (section)

===Sac State 8008===
[[File:Sacstate 8008.jpg|thumb|Artist's depiction of Sacramento State University's Intel 8008 microcomputer (1972)]]
The Intel 4004 (1971) was a 4-[[bit]] microprocessor designed to run the [[Busicom]] calculator. Five months after its release, Intel released the [[Intel 8008]], an 8-bit microprocessor. Bill Pentz led a team at [[Sacramento State]] to build the first [[microcomputer]] using the Intel 8008: the ''Sac State 8008'' (1972).<ref name="cnet">{{cite web
 | url=https://www.cnet.com/news/inside-the-worlds-long-lost-first-microcomputer/
 | title=Inside the world's long-lost first microcomputer
 | publisher=c/net
 | date=January 8, 2010
 | access-date=January 31, 2022
 | archive-date=February 1, 2022
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201023538/https://www.cnet.com/news/inside-the-worlds-long-lost-first-microcomputer/
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref> Its purpose was to store patient medical records. The computer supported a [[disk operating system]] to run a [[Memorex]], 3-[[megabyte]], [[hard disk drive]].<ref name="digibarn_bp"/> It had a color display and keyboard that was packaged in a single console. The disk operating system was programmed using [[IBM Basic Assembly Language and successors|IBM's Basic Assembly Language (BAL)]]. The medical records application was programmed using a [[BASIC]] interpreter.<ref name="digibarn_bp"/> However, the computer was an evolutionary dead-end because it was extremely expensive. Also, it was built at a public university lab for a specific purpose.<ref name="cnet"/> Nonetheless, the project contributed to the development of the [[Intel 8080]] (1974) [[instruction set]].<ref name="digibarn_bp"/>