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?
>>operate. If I could find a SYS/360 or SYS370, or Sigma/7 or Sigma/9
or
>
>That's exactly how I've viewed it as well. When I told people that
>my personal computer was a pdp-11/93 or a uVax system, they generally
>balked at the idea, though. I've had to remind them that it is a
>computer (that's never in question), and that I own it and use it.
>Hence a *personal* computer... And although I didn't have one back
>when the Imsai became available, I did get my first one (an 11/10)
>in 1980.
>
> Megan Gentry
> Former RT-11 Developer
>
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