The late, great TRS-80

Joachim Thiemann joachim.thiemann at gmail.com
Wed Jun 27 10:58:05 CDT 2007


In this dicussion about "what is a/was the first home computer/
microcopmputer/ personal computer": has anyone considered the
definition "what was marketed as such"? Was it aimed at
_non-technical_ users (that is, the home market of people that are not
engineers, radio amateurs and other electronic hobbyists)

This way, I'd include the PET, TRS-80, Apple ][, Sinclairs - but
exclude most S-100 machines, KIM, ELF, Kenbak (due to complexity), the
HP80s and IBM 5100 (price) and even game consoles and calculators (if
programmable) since they were not _marketed_ as computers.

Joe.



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