27 Apr
2002
27 Apr
'02
4 a.m.
From: "Richard Erlacher"
<edick(a)idcomm.com>
Lots of perfectly useable computers started out as little
more than toys.
[..snip..]
Nevertheless, Ed Roberts has gone on record as saying
he didn't intend the
thing to grow into a computer, which suggests that he didn't originally
view
it as one.
The Processor Technology SOL likewise was not intended to be a
stand-alone computer. Lee had in mind a terminal for use with
connecting to real computers. I can't recall if he and Bob
Marsh just looked at each other one day and realized it could
be more, or if the stand-alone concept originated with Les Solomon.
Bob Stek? Jim Battle? What do you recall?
-dq