11 Jan
2007
11 Jan
'07
12:38 p.m.
On 11/1/07 20:07, "Richard" <legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
The Apricot was an interesting machine -- MS-DOS
compatible, but not
BIOS compatible. In the end, you needed BIOS compatability to be
"100% compatible" in the clone market and the Apricot failed. But
they were nice looking machines with a nice keyboard compared to the
boring boxes offered by others.
I've started a history-that-needs-fleshing-out here:
http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/Museum/Apricot/index.php
Hells, I'm missing a load of pictures for some of those machines! Note that
both the XD20 and the 'pc' have the LCD keyboard......
--
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?