4 Oct
1999
4 Oct
'99
8:44 a.m.
In the 80'sm PC could, and it, sometimes refer to a professional computer.
Even today, I can assure you, my PC is NOT Intel based.
On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
Ah, but that's the point. Although today 'PC' seems to mean an
Intel-based box (that is _NOT_ 100% compatible with the original 5150,
but I digress), in the mid 1980s, I thought the term was used for all
sorts of other machines.
Since when (either on this list, or 'back
then') has 'personal computer'
implied an Intel CPU.
Sorry, Tony. I've been inactive here for a fair while, not even
reading much of the list for months on end (though I received the
whole lot and they're archived awaiting "copious spare time").
I was using the term "PC" as it was more or less used at the time.