Don't forget the Radio Shack Color Computer (my first). Used a television for a display with 40 character rows. Used any old cassette tape machine for data storage. Then there was the Kaypro running CP/M (sp?) .....Peter Greg Chapman <> emailed on Thursday, November 06, 2003 6:40 am: (at least in part)..... > The PC as we think know it today already existed in the form of the > Amiga, the Mac, the Atari and, to a certain degree, the Commodore 64 > in '84. What was an IBM PC then, though, was a pieceacrap from which > the piecesacrap we use today came. When I think of things in that > historical context, his dating makes sense. What doesn't make sense > is how those superior platforms lost to Intel's glorified traffic > light controller for our use today. > > Of course, he may have another explanation.<g> ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************