27 Jun
2007
27 Jun
'07
8:58 a.m.
In this dicussion about "what is a/was the first home computer/
microcopmputer/ personal computer": has anyone considered the
definition "what was marketed as such"? Was it aimed at
_non-technical_ users (that is, the home market of people that are not
engineers, radio amateurs and other electronic hobbyists)
This way, I'd include the PET, TRS-80, Apple ][, Sinclairs - but
exclude most S-100 machines, KIM, ELF, Kenbak (due to complexity), the
HP80s and IBM 5100 (price) and even game consoles and calculators (if
programmable) since they were not _marketed_ as computers.
Joe.