mdj wrote:
To me, 'most influential' is a toss up between the Z80 and the 6502.
What are the two "most influential cars"? IMHO the very first car built(and frankly I don't know what it was) and Ford model T. For obvious reasons.
So with the microprocessors I agree about the z80 and 6502 but also agree about the i4004 - the first one ever. And probably the 8080 as the first practical one. Let's not forget that it started the whole hobby computer industry.
-Alex.