>> The majority of home computers, though, used one of
>> these two, at that time. Several years later, we found the 6510 and 6809 in
>> commercially interesting applications, but not for as long a period as the
>> Z-80 and 6502. These two had a life of nearly ten years before the IBM-PC
>> and its clones wrenched the home computer market from their grasp.
>10 years?
>Does this imply that the PC was not the dominant force until the end of
>the 80s?
>[this is a comment about market, NOT an endorsement]
*My* gauge of when the PC became the dominant force was when:
1. Dr. Dobb's started carrying few articles other than ones talking about
MS-DOS
and
2. The quantity of PC-Clone ads in the back of BYTE outinched the
number of S-100 ads
Looking at my back issues, I'd draw the line at 1985.
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