The "FIRST PC" and personal timelines (Was: And what were the80s

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Fri Apr 23 17:48:08 1999

<Where is the difference to the 70s and 80s ?

The knee is around 75ish when the micro started to gain momentum the next
knee is at 80-81 with a large number of user ready machine stepping up to
the rail. '85 is the next in my mind where the market took a distinct
shift and z80/6502 dominance took a noiceable down turn for the 80286/68k
battle.

There are more but during that time we would see vendors of quality system
disappear from the noticable market shift. The in 80s one nearly killed
MS (ok it scared them)!

Allison
Received on Fri Apr 23 1999 - 17:48:08 BST