PeeCee clones; was:PCW's 25 worst tech products

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Chuck Guzis wrote:
>> I was *all over* IBM until PS/2.  "I can't put my existing boards in it? 
>>  Why the hell not?  Who made *that* stupid decision?"
> 
> Not only that, but MIcrochannel boards were considerably more expensive,
> and the bus was not very amenable to "prototyping" like ISA.
> 
> I guess that after the RT flopped, IBM had to do something with their
> investment in the bus.

The RT was ISA, not MCA.

> Didn't Tandy offer a microchannel system at one time?  IIRC, it also was a
> great stinking failure.

Tandy Model 5000.

Peace...  Sridhar