[simpits-tech] quadrant update...

[Gene Buckle]

On Thu, 27 May 2010, Rick Davis wrote:

>
>>> The sad thing is that the TI was a pretty cool machine, except for the
>>> stupid keyboard and the fact that TI pretty much locked out third party
>>> developement.
>>
>> I seem to recall that the TI came along a bit too late too - the market
>> was already full of spectrums, bbc's, dragons, commodores etc etc
>>
>> --
>
> I think that when IBM finally decided it was time to get in on the action,
> TI abandoned the unit because they felt they were licked, or, they were paid
> to abandon the unit. (I'm going with the latter) Of course, IBM had at it's
> disposal a scatter gun, so the death of that and the Tandy line and the
> Atari line and all of them were eliminated in one quick shot. Except Apple,
> who gained their foothold by supplying the PET to all the schools.
>
Psst.  The PET was made by Commodore. :D

g.

-- 
Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007
http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project

ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment
A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.
http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_!