History of Computing exam question

From: Pedro A. Cabrera <pcm2000_at_teleline.es>
Date: Thu Nov 29 18:24:28 2001

Hi all,
  you should also include a Sinclair ZX-Spectrum 48K. This was the most
sold home computer in Europe during the eighties, much more sold than
the Commodore 64 (which had a factory in Germany). This small computer
(Speccy as we name it) helped the spread of computing knowledge among
thousands of people. Many of current european IT professionals started
with it. I think it did a very important role in the recent history of
computing in Europe. I know that in the USA things went a different way.

regards,
Pedro

Christopher Smith wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Tapley [mailto:mtapley_at_swri.edu]
>
> > Hans asked:
>
> > >List the 20 to 30 systems you would display and briefly explain the
> > >reason for choosing each.
>
> > Fun question. Don't have time to really organize, but here's
> > parts of my list:
>
> [snip]
>
> A few good ones you didn't mention:
>
> Starbridge sytems HAL
>
> A new production system that's completely FPGA based, and sports some pretty
> impressive performance numbers.
>
> Strictly speaking off-topic since it's a new machine...
>
> SGI Iris 2000
>
> Likely the first serious (depending on your definition of the word)
> graphical workstation
>
> Amiga (any)
>
> Aside from being the epitome of desktop computing, it's the only system I
> know that's survived <how many?> buy-outs
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris
>
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