9 Aug
2011
9 Aug
'11
9:46 p.m.
On 9 Aug 2011 at 20:03, Fred Cisin wrote:
The speculation before the PC was bizarre! One mag
said that the new
machine would be switchable between emulating TRS80, Apple][, and C/M.
There was a lot of speculation that the new machine would be 68000
based. Shortly before the 5150 escaped, IBM came out with their
rather cool CS9000 lab computer using the 68K and that just raised
the anticipation.
It was a letdown to discover that the 5150 was the Displaywriter Jr.
When compared with the 5100, which was quite innovative, the letdown
was palpable.
--Chuck