<s>
The	O
Capricorn	B-Device
family	O
of	O
microprocessors	B-Architecture
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1970s	O
for	O
the	O
HP	B-Device
series	I-Device
80	I-Device
scientific	O
microcomputers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Capricorn	B-Device
was	O
first	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
HP-85	O
desktop	O
BASIC	O
computer	O
,	O
introduced	O
in	O
January	O
1980	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steve	O
Wozniak	O
was	O
inspired	O
to	O
build	O
the	O
Apple	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
computer	O
like	O
the	O
HP	B-Device
9830	I-Device
,	O
and	O
in	O
1976	O
,	O
he	O
offered	O
HP	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
Apple	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
calculator	O
division	O
started	O
an	O
8-bit	O
computer	O
project	O
called	O
Capricorn	B-Device
,	O
he	O
left	O
for	O
Apple	O
when	O
he	O
was	O
n't	O
allowed	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
that	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Capricorn	B-Device
is	O
a	O
microprogrammed	O
CPU	O
containing	O
64	O
eight-bit	O
registers	O
,	O
an	O
eight-bit	O
arithmetic	B-General_Concept
logic	I-General_Concept
unit	I-General_Concept
(	O
ALU	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
shifter	O
and	O
control	O
logic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
direct	B-General_Concept
memory	I-General_Concept
access	I-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
CPU	O
can	O
be	O
halted	O
by	O
an	O
external	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Capricorn	B-Device
CPU	O
was	O
implemented	O
as	O
a	O
silicon-gate	O
NMOS	B-Algorithm
logic	I-Algorithm
circuit	O
(	O
4.93	O
×	O
4.01mm	O
)	O
in	O
a	O
28-pin	O
dual	B-Algorithm
in-line	I-Algorithm
package	I-Algorithm
,	O
with	O
an	O
8-bit	O
,	O
multiplexed	O
external	O
bus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CPU	B-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
consumed	O
330mW	O
at	O
625kHz	O
.	O
</s>
