<That's actually quite true. The technology didn't yet exist in 1950-55 fo
<the hobbyist to expand on the initial concept and extend it into something
<potentially useful or even marginally so. It probably wasn't even terribl
<educational.
<
<Dick
Therein lies a critical point. At some point the _idea_ of having your own
computer emerged as became as least acheievable. I'd say the catalyst
was transistors and early ICs were the impactors in that transistion.
Allison
Received on Fri Apr 23 1999 - 17:48:20 BST