"Chuck" question

[Jules Richardson]

Fred Cisin wrote:
>>> Assuming that it is entirely fiction, then it is merely what the script
>>> writer thinks of as being the first readily available personal computer.
> 
> On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Jules Richardson wrote:
>> Wasn't there a thread about that on here a few months back?
> 
> recurring periodically forever.
> It all comes down to how the definition is worded.
> "Northstar, because that was the only computer store in MY neighborhood",
> etc.

And even then people normally get it wrong, because someone, somewhere will 
have done something which fits their definition - often without the finances, 
marketing and media coverage which makes it mainstream and raises awareness of 
their work.

The annoying thing is that the historians and researchers so often screw it up 
too - or at the very least dress up their work in hype which loses the 
'probably' / 'possibly' / 'amongst the' wording which conveys a more accurate 
picture of what they've found.

Sorry... pet peeve of mine :-)

J.