> My view is that had it sold for \pounds 600 or so
and had a real disk
> drive, real serial ports, and a useable keyboard then it might have sold
> rather better in the UK.
>Maybe they should have had a 'professional' version with an
>external keyboard and disk drives, to satisfy both markets.
>Anyway, history.
Can't remember - did Sinclair license the
technology to ICL and *cough* BT?
Would the Merlin Tonto and ICL OPD (one per desk) have covered off the
professional market perhaps?
I guess today this would be called 'embedded market'. A OPD is still
a top issue on my want list.
Gruss
H.
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