26 Apr
2018
26 Apr
'18
7 p.m.
On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 7:18 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
D'ya mean like an automobile company making more than one model? Surely
there is no need for Toyota to make both a Corolla AND a Camry!
Hmm... not really sure about that comparison. After all, it's not like the
Corolla and Camry need different fuel and/or travel on separate roads.
Plus, I expect that despite their many differences there are probably quite
a few fundamental similarities (similar stereos, HVAC controls, brake
components, etc).
The Model 1 was a wild venture into a field that they knew little about,
and didn't know what to expect.
Ask Allison about what they expected.
It turned out that what they made was surprisingly close to correct for
people like US.
Well, other than 16 lines by 64 characters of B&W, and a memory map that
was not compatible with CP/M.
I guess they fixed that by the time the 4 came along.
But what about pocket computers, PDAs, calculators?
Have to come out with
some offerings there.
Well, like I said before. I think you could easily dismiss the calculators
and PDAs, since they were more of an appliance (i.e. create text documents
that are easily interchangeable with other machines). Heck even a lot of
the early PDAs could create spreadsheets that were compatible with Lotus
1-2-3, even moreso in some cases they were built in applications.
Would they have been more successful if the model 2000 had been a PC
clone, instead of "better than"?
Well, in some respects they eventually managed to do that with the Tandy
1000s... some incompatibilities aside.