9 Nov
2007
9 Nov
'07
2:46 p.m.
In article <4734DA5F.7090202 at yahoo.co.uk>,
Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk> writes:
The PET was a complete single integrated unit that you could sit down
at and start typing and get work done. An S-100 based system usually
requires that you buy all the pieces separately and put them together
yourself. Very daunting for someone to go through in 1978. In the
US, I think the Sphere had the single-integrated-unit concept down
before the PET, but it didn't take off for whatever reason.
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What
"expandable, well-built, well-documented systems around in the
UK" were available in 1977/1978?
Weren't we well into S100 bus territory by then and all the various
systems/boards that went with it?