21 Apr
1999
21 Apr
'99
4:36 p.m.
*My* gauge of when the PC became the dominant force
was when:
1. Dr. Dobb's started carrying few articles other than ones talking about
MS-DOS
and
2. The quantity of PC-Clone ads in the back of BYTE outinched the
number of S-100 ads
Looking at my back issues, I'd draw the line at 1985.
Did Dr. Dobb's and Byte really represent the mainstream?
How about something even more subjective:
IBM PC became the dominant force when, ...
The fun went out of the industry.
Who can assign dates to when the industry lost its sense of humor? Such
as: when Kentucky Fried Computer became NorthStar?
when Thinker Toys became Morrow Designs?
when Intergalactic Digital Research became Digital Research Inc.?