1 Nov
1998
1 Nov
'98
9:35 a.m.
I consider anything that was marketed as a personal
computer a
personal computer. I would not consider the PDP a personal computer if
I had one because it's not a personal computer. If you used a sedan
to haul around heavy things, would you call it a truck?
Then by your own definition, and lack of specifying a model of PDP, you'll
have to consider a PDP a personal computer, as some were marketed that way.
But seriously trying to catagorize such things is like trying to define
when a computer stops being a Micro and starts being a Mini, or a Mini
stops being a Mini and starts being a Mainframe. Personally the best
Mini/Main answer I've heard is when you need special environmental
considerations it's a Mainframe. Never have a good answer on the
Micro/Mini one though.
Zane
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