AT&T PC 6300 Plus Unix box

From: Merle K. Peirce <at258_at_osfn.org>
Date: Mon Oct 4 15:44:19 1999

In the 80'sm PC could, and it, sometimes refer to a professional computer.
Even today, I can assure you, my PC is NOT Intel based.

On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Tony Duell wrote:

> > > Since when (either on this list, or 'back then') has 'personal computer'
> > > implied an Intel CPU.
> >
> > Sorry, Tony. I've been inactive here for a fair while, not even
> > reading much of the list for months on end (though I received the
> > whole lot and they're archived awaiting "copious spare time").
> >
> > I was using the term "PC" as it was more or less used at the time.
>
> Ah, but that's the point. Although today 'PC' seems to mean an
> Intel-based box (that is _NOT_ 100% compatible with the original 5150,
> but I digress), in the mid 1980s, I thought the term was used for all
> sorts of other machines.
Received on Mon Oct 04 1999 - 15:44:19 BST