Rumor has it that Glenatacme(a)aol.com may have mentioned these words:
In a message dated 6/30/99 7:04:18 PM Eastern Daylight
Time,
scott(a)saskatoon.com writes:
Also, back to
the question above, I think by 1982 we might also have had
the Atari400. The C64 must have been around this time too. Probably the
Coco as well. Really, 1982 is pretty close to the start of the 8bit
explosion.
CoCo I'm not sure of (without checking), 400 & C64 yes. But, all of these
sold for many times the cost of a ZX81. Additionally, none of the above
have
that perfect wedge shape, which really does make a
perfect door-stop. ;>)
The CoCo was up for sale in Fall of 1979, IIRC, and sales lasted on the
CoCo3 thru mid-1992 (again, IIRC). I'm pretty sure that it was the first
commercial 8-bitter with a multi-user, multi-tasking OS available as
well... (when did M/PM (??) arrive?) IIRC, OS/9 was available around the
fall of 1981.
The CoCo also had a nice wedge shape to it giving it those nice doorstop
properties... however, as it was much bigger, you needed a much bigger door
to stop. ;-)
See ya,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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