That's right. It's a personal computer, but not because someone has it
in their house. I left out the model number on 'PDP' because I'm not
familiar with them, but several said that their PDP-11/?? were personal
computers just because they had it in their house.
>> 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.
>
>By your own criteria, the original PDP-8 *is* a personal computer. DEC
>specifically marketed it based on the it being small enough that
someone
>could transport it in their automobile (specifically, a Volkswagen),
and
>cheap enough that someone could afford it.
>
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