28 May
2020
28 May
'20
5:08 p.m.
[NON-CP/M home computers]
What IS a "home" computer?
I say that an unexpanded TRS80 is a home computer. EXPANDED, it can have
other uses. If you take total number sold, MINUS sales of the expansion
interface, then you will have the number.
Although it was not Z80, the original ads for the Lisa showed it on the
living room floor with a toddler playing with it. THAT wouldn't justify
its price range. Even the 5150 had a couple of ads like that. Without
disk drives, is it anything other than a home computer?
On Thu, 28 May 2020, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
Interesting. Fred has one counter-example. Just the
one. Very interesting.
Epson RC20 (1985)(wristwatch with Z80, RAM, ROM, touch screen, serial
port.)
Sega (SG-1000)
Memotech MTX
ColecoVision
I think that there were more, but not my corner of the field.
What about MSX?
Not in USA, but Z80, and not CP/M, although the OS might have had
similarities. Was it a "home" computer?
You will want to classify Northstar as "business" not home, but
NSDOS was not CP/M.