26 Feb
2018
26 Feb
'18
4:30 a.m.
It make me laugh and cry when I see on craigslist "Antique Computer" and it
is a C 64
On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 7:46 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
It could be argued that the industry was already going
before that.
How many remember
Thinker Toys
Kentucky Fried Computers
Intergalactic Digital research
When the industry lost its sense of humor,
it was the beginning of the end.
THAT was the beginning of the end of "vintage".
Now, of course, the principals are embarrassed, and deny that there was a
culture clash between DRI and IBM, that the FIRST prototype of a 5.25" disk
was a bar napkin, etc.
I have in front of me, a 1983 copy of "InvisiCalc"
Why ask "What if. . .?"
When you can ask "Who cares?"
The software is for ANY computer with 5.25" drive,
disunirregardless of disk format!