At 12:53 01/08/99 -0800, Sellam wrote:
>On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Christian Fandt wrote:
>
>> Were there many computer companies, if any, who were not manufacturers but,
>> like RCA from around 1921 to 1928, sales-only outfits? I'm thinking of
>> pre-PC compatible days, '82 and earlier, because as you know, any major or
>> fly-by-night outfit could put their name on a PC nowadays. Also, strictly
>> non-PC computer companies are included even up to ten years ago (to keep it
>> on classics). Keep it on-topic and change your Subject line if you reply on
>> some other on-topic subject.
>
>Sure, plenty! I can't think of a whole lot of good examples right now,
>but for starters there was Bell & Howell with their "RARE!" black Apple II
>models.
Were those black models part of the equipment one got with the Bell &
Howell mail order computer electronics school? If so, I had not thought of
that type of "non-manufacturer".
--Chris
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Received on Fri Jan 08 1999 - 16:15:31 GMT