24 Apr
2002
24 Apr
'02
2 p.m.
It may be well to keep in mind that the Altair was certainly not designed to
be a computer. Only the determination of a fanatic made it into one.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Franchuk" <bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)
Jeff Hellige wrote:
Plenty of people couldn't afford what
you consider a computer
and had their first experience with computers using what you deem as
'toys'. I doubt that early user's of the Atari, Commodore, TRS-80 or
Sinclair machines would appreciate that label though. Nor did
everyone have either the ability or desire to write major portions of
the OS to get into the S-100 bus boxes, even if they could afford
them.
Also development software was expensive too!
A SD floppy of 85k would permit a OS like Flex or CP/M but not much
more!
--
Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
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