Re: Product Activation (Garmin)

From: Dale DePriest (Dale_at_gpsinformation.het)
Date: 01/17/05 

Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:26:44 -0800

Alan White wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 18:59:10 +0100, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>>They were one and the same when IBM defined them.
>
>
> Nevertheless, personal computers existed before the IBM Personal
> Computer. I think the Radio Shack TRS-80 was another example.
>

Certainly the Apple II, Commodore Pet, and Radio Shack TRS-80 were all
very popular machines with home users. They competed heavily in this
market from 1977 on. (I have a Commodore Pet by the way along with a few
other early machines). These there machines, collectively defined the 8
bit market for many years. IBM defined the 16 bit market.

Dale 

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