26 Mar
2002
26 Mar
'02
12:13 p.m.
At 13:59 26/03/2002, you wrote:
I've seen two pass through eBay in recent months - both went for silly
money (and I didn't win either of them :( )
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Cheers, Ade.
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> My view
is that had it sold for \pounds 600 or so and had a real disk
> drive, real serial ports, and a useable keyboard then it might have sold
> rather better in the UK.
>Maybe they should have had a 'professional' version with an
>external keyboard and disk drives, to satisfy both markets.
>Anyway, history.
Can't remember - did Sinclair license the
technology to ICL and *cough* BT?
Would the Merlin Tonto and ICL OPD (one per desk) have covered off the
professional market perhaps?
I guess today this would be called 'embedded market'. A OPD is still
a top issue on my want list.