15 Oct
2025
15 Oct
'25
11:18 p.m.
On 2025-10-15 4:28 p.m., Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
That I can live with. It is the horror of chip, the 8086 that I can't
live with
and marketing that went with it. Convert 8080 code to 8088 code.
first announcement, first prototype, first [trade show] exhibit, first
taking orders, first delivered, first available without pre-order, etc.
are all importaant, but intermingled enough that by picking one of tose
as being "what's important", anybody could argue any one of the three as
being first.
But it took the S-100 and other CP/M computers to educate the public
of what home computer was. The other computers where more GAME focused
machines.
I loved the APPLE II idea of split screen with hi-res graphics on the
top, and text on the bottom.
The 1980’s
saw the Dells, HPs and many others with MS-DOS & IBM PC-DOS from QDOS.
But, it
behooves us to explicitly mention August 11, 1981 with the
release of the 5150 "PC". --
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
Ben.