21 Apr
1999
21 Apr
'99
3:28 p.m.
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Richard Erlacher wrote:
I suppose that's true, Hans, BUT, in1982, there
were few other processors
than the 6502 and Z-80 in popular use, with the exception of the 8080A and
the 8085, of course.
In it's first couple of years, the IBM PC (introduced 8/11/1981) sold
enough machines that surely the 8088 could have been said to be in popular
use!
[this is a comment about market, NOT an endorsement]
The majority of home computers, though, used one of
these two, at that time. Several years later, we found the 6510 and 6809 in
commercially interesting applications, but not for as long a period as the
Z-80 and 6502. These two had a life of nearly ten years before the IBM-PC
and its clones wrenched the home computer market from their grasp.
10 years?
Does this imply that the PC was not the dominant force until the end of
the 80s?
[this is a comment about market, NOT an endorsement]