20 May
2010
20 May
'10
6:38 p.m.
Hi
According to some sources, this type of thinking is what killed
the Canon Cat. One line of thinking was that the Canon computer
division learned that it was a computer and not just a fancy
electronic typewriter.
There is another line that it was related to Canons work with
the Next project.
It was stated that the Cats didn't sell but in fact they were
back ordered.
There was also a more notebook like one in the design stages
when shut down. One often wonders how the netbook and
similar devices might have evolved had the Cat had more
influence.
Dwight
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 14:36:39 -0700
From: cisin at xenosoft.com
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: silly faults / was Re: RD53 Restoration
On Thu, 20 May 2010, Tony Duell wrote:
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[1] Also some manufacturers (HP being one) called
machines 'calculators'
for marketing reasons, mostly to get past purchasing departments who
'knew' that a computer was a machine from IBM that lived in an air
conditioned room and needed a maintenance contract.
And therefore, for a while, you could purchase "Audio-Visual Equipment"
directly from Bell and Howell. Aside from being black, having a different
power cord, and a latch on the case lid, it sure seemed similar to an
Apple ][.
I defy anyone to come
up with a sensible defintion of personal computer that excludes the
hP9830 (aka Model 30 calculator).
Well, if you are going to stipulate "sensible", then none of the board of
education definitions would apply.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com