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No, though chips like the 80186 did blur the line. But what I mean is that different companies sold things like 8051s with BASIC in ROM. Parallax had a very popular product in this category based on a PIC, you've probably heard of it: the BASIC Stamp.


Intel 8052AH-BASIC. I loved the manual for that chip! Written with a sense of irreverence that was very unlike Intel.


You were talking abut microcontrollers from the 1970s, then you bring up Parralax as an example.


No, that was your edit to my text. I said, "in the 70s and later". You removed the "and later". You are behaving badly.




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