18 May
2005
18 May
'05
12:02 a.m.
On Wed, 18 May 2005, Tony Duell wrote:
My first thought on reading Sellam's definition
was 'hey, that means the
PC/AT is a mini, it's got the 80286 + an 8042 keyboard interface + an
8048 in the keyboard'. Then I read it again and realised he'd said 'for
general purpose programming', which rules out the microcontrollers in the
keyboard, keyboard interface, drives, etc. Although arguably the graphics
processor does count.
The definition is not smart-ass proof ;)
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