15 Oct
2012
15 Oct
'12
9:26 a.m.
On Oct 15, 2012, at 11:59 AM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
My recollection is that there was a perceptual divide
between "serious
machines for serious business" and "toy machines for playing around
with at home". The following technologies existed abundantly outside
of the IBM-compatible PC realm before being adopted one-by-one
with the claim (suddenly) that these were "must have" technologies.
o Color
o Sound
o Network Interface
o Graphics co-processors
o Multitasking OS
o Input devices other than traditional 'keyboard'
Not disputing anything, but I'm curious about early examples of
network interfaces and multitasking OSes for machines which were
typically designated as "toys". Color, sound, graphics chips and
alternate input devices are obvious candidates, but aside from
OS-9 for the 6809, I'm drawing a blank on the other two.
- Dave