Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Denver Mods 7/26/84) 6/24/83; site druhi.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!bellcore!petrus!scherzo!allegra!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!drutx!druhi!lbl From: lbl@druhi.UUCP (LocklearLB) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari Subject: Re: DRI agrees to change GEM ; why? Message-ID: <213@druhi.UUCP> Date: Sun, 3-Nov-85 19:04:29 EST Article-I.D.: druhi.213 Posted: Sun Nov 3 19:04:29 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Nov-85 07:01:21 EST References: <2298@ukma.UUCP> <2800013@ccvaxa> <891@lsuc.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 23 > No, I don't remember when "PC" meant "a personal computer" in any >generic sense. And I doubt if you do either. The only PC's that existed >before IBM were "Pocket Computers". IBM coined the term personal >computer. >James Omura, Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto >ihnp4!utzoo!lsuc!jimomura >Byte Information eXchange: jimomura >Compuserve: 72205,541 >MTS at WU: GKL6 Excuse me, but I certainly hope you meant to put a :) after that sentence. If you didn't, I'm sure that you never heard of an Apple personal computer or a Radio Shack personal computer. Both were introduced years before IBM entered the market. Neither of these was the first personal computer by a long shot. The term "personal computer" has been around a lot long than IBM's PC has. IBM's use of the term PC is merely a marketing ploy designed to make people think of their product first when the terms PC or personal computer are used. Barry Locklear AT&T Information Systems Labs Denver, CO ihnp4!druhi!lbl