5 Jun
2024
5 Jun
'24
7:21 a.m.
On 06/05/2024 8:33 AM CDT Bill Degnan via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Wed, Jun 5, 2024 at 9:03 AM Will Cooke via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
So if a computer was built to be used by a
single operator for general
purpose use, open to any application development but cost more than the
masses could afford, even if it was clear in the manual that the machine
was manufactured and intended to be used for general purpose computing,
it's not a "personal computer"?
Yes.
For my own definition. I have no real interest if anyone agrees or disagrees. As I said,
"to my mind" and "my 1/2 cent worth." I think there is a difference
between a personal computer and a "Personal Computer." I only offer it in case
it is useful to someone else.
Will
Grownups never understand anything by themselves and it is tiresome for children to be
always and forever explaining things to them,
Antoine de Saint-Exupery in The Little Prince