And what were the 80s like for you? (Was: z80 timing...

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Wed Apr 21 16:36:37 1999

> *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.

Did Dr. Dobb's and Byte really represent the mainstream?

How about something even more subjective:
IBM PC became the dominant force when, ...
The fun went out of the industry.

Who can assign dates to when the industry lost its sense of humor? Such
as: when Kentucky Fried Computer became NorthStar?
      when Thinker Toys became Morrow Designs?
      when Intergalactic Digital Research became Digital Research Inc.?
Received on Wed Apr 21 1999 - 16:36:37 BST