21 Mar
1999
21 Mar
'99
4:19 a.m.
On Sun, 21 Mar 1999, Lawrence Walker wrote:
Would stand to reason AES would be a Canadian
company. Dorsey now heads
Voice and Data Systems. A major player in packet technology. Sounds like a
minor version of Corel's Cowpland. Yes Virginia ,Canada does have a computer
aristochracy. I'm also wondering if there was any relationship to the MCM-90
that alledgedly pressured IBM into producing the PC by cutting into their
insurance company market.
Wow, someone else who's heard this information. But as I was told, it was
the MCM-70, which was a "portable" computer with integrated CRT, keyboard
and tape drive, and APL in ROM that got IBM worried about a competitor
muscling in on its business, so they answered with the 5100.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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