13 May
1998
13 May
'98
1:50 p.m.
It all depends on what you're comparing them to.
Consider most PC-clone
"no-name" hardware, which often doesn't come with any manufacturers name,
much less any instructions!
No, the Sinclair machine takes the cake. While building the critter, the
instructions drifted between the three builds (for video - NTSC, PAL, or
SECAM) _without_ telling you.
The instruction book looked nice - almost like a Heathkit. They obviously
put money and effort into it - just they had a moron write it up!
On the other hand, I spent many nights reading
Heathkit construction
manuals for things I never owned - and learned a *lot*.
Considering that before any new kit was released, it was tried out on an
unsuspecting secretary until it was refined so a completely ignorant
person could get the things working, that is no suprise.
Does anyone have a Heath _analog_ computer? I never saw one, but they do
exist.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net