17 Oct
2025
17 Oct
'25
4:48 p.m.
On Fri, 17 Oct 2025, Van Snyder via cctalk wrote:
Has anybody wondered why the English don't build
computers?
They haven't figured out how to make them leak oil.
Although how to leak oil remains a problem to solve, they can at
least use Lucas electrical parts!
Did they ever make a Dark Emitting Diode?
(there are other ways to accomplish things without needing AC capacitors
and DC wound transformers.)
There used to be some English computers, and some were very interesting.
Such as Amstrad
The Sinclair ZX80? (rebadged as Timex) doorstop wedge was the first
computer to sell for $100 or less in USA.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com