talked about licensing, patents and who did what & when. What has changed? Should we be surprised that Jack Tramiel ?acted? the way he did and not necessarily in a bad way; that the supercomputer?s origins is in dispute! The historical origins, in some fashion, can be found in ?Turing Cathedral: The origins of the digital universe? by George Dyson. It tells us why we had the vintage computer era - this can be found in my book, ?A Historical Research Guide to the Microcomputer.? (Shameful plug here!) - and what has evolved since. Murray--