Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lsuc.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!lsuc!jimomura From: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari Subject: Re: DRI agrees to change GEM ; why? Message-ID: <903@lsuc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Nov-85 16:56:57 EST Article-I.D.: lsuc.903 Posted: Fri Nov 8 16:56:57 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 17:21:11 EST References: <2298@ukma.UUCP> <2800013@ccvaxa> <891@lsuc.UUCP> <213@druhi.UUCP> Reply-To: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura) Organization: Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto Lines: 41 Summary: Personal Computers -- I 'stand' corrected In article <213@druhi.UUCP> lbl@druhi.UUCP (LocklearLB) writes: >> 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 What can I say? That's 2 gaffs in the last month! I just checked back on the recommendation of 'hes' and you are both quite right. I guess I just never noticed the term being used before. I've always just called them 'micros'. In fact, I guess I just called them 'computers'. Cheers! -- Jim O. -- James Omura, Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto ihnp4!utzoo!lsuc!jimomura Byte Information eXchange: jimomura Compuserve: 72205,541 MTS at WU: GKL6