> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Fred Cisin
> Sent: 25 January 2004 01:46
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: RE: Who was first?
>
>
> On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, Witchy wrote:
> > > > THAT explains it :) Compaq's was the first BIOS to be 100% IBM-PC
> > > > compatible.
> > > NO WAY.
> > > 99 44/100 % maybe.
> > > "There can NEVER be 100% compatability without copyright
> infringement."
> > I knew my post would get a response from you :o))
>
> I will concede that Compaq was the first "practical" "large scale"
> "commercial" compatible.
Sadly that's the one most people care about.
> But it sure wasn't 100%, and I had owned several DOS machines
> and written the first version of XenoCopy before Compaq released
> their first model.
As I think we all know, it's not the innovators that get the recognition per
se, but the people that make the most noise. I got my first Osborne 1 last
week and there's nothing remarkable about it; hells, it looks like a
repackaged TRS80 Model III. Like you said in an email, it wasn't the first
portable by a long chalk but which one does everyone remember?
--
w
Received on Sat Jan 24 2004 - 20:02:37 GMT