Sanyo 55x detractors (I'm one!!!!)

From: Bill Sudbrink <bill_at_chipware.com>
Date: Tue Jan 19 10:02:59 1999

> >> Come on now, what you don't seem to remember is that it was less than
> >> half as expensive as any other similar machine at the time.
>
> Only because >THE< IBM PC was the only other "similar" machine on the
> market at the time! Even so, it was a poor bargain!

I mean similar in terms of standard features *NOT* IBM-PC compatibility.

> BTW one reason the Sanyo was the first (choke!) "compatible" machine on
> the market and the reason that it had so many compatibility problems was
> that it was designed as a CPM machine and converted to MS-DOS at the last
> moment.

When it was first released, I don't believe that Sanyo made any
compatibility
claims.

> >> And no,
> >> I'm not prejudiced because I wrote the Byte magazine review of it. :)
>
> Then I would like to wring your neck! I bought my 550 based on your
> glowing report. You completely brushed over the compatibility and other
> problems. Crap like that is the reason that I quit reading Byte. They
> never told the truth about the SW and HW they were testing.

I'm very sorry that you felt mislead by my review. I'll have to go get my
copy, but I don't believe I made any compatibility claims. I pointed out
a number of the differences (in particular the sound system and the
keyboard).
I may have made mention of the upcoming CGA compatible graphics card and
that
the schematics indicated signals to be used to produce an expansion box with
IBM-PC compatible card slots.

Bill Sudbrink
Received on Tue Jan 19 1999 - 10:02:59 GMT