From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-27 06:56:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!212.43.194.69!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!newsfeed.planete.net!psinet-france!psiuk-f4!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Market pressures for more reliable software Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 09:31:59 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9hcn8h$mfr$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.170.200.133 X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 993648721 23035 136.170.200.133 (27 Jun 2001 13:32:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 27 Jun 2001 13:32:01 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9141 Date: 2001-06-27T13:32:01+00:00 List-Id: Well, there were certainly a lot of computers before the IBM-PC. I seem to recall that it was IBM who coined the phrase "Personal Computer" - prior to that people called them "home computers" or "microcomputers" or a variety of other terminology. If the name is what's important, then it would seem that IBM "invented" the first "PC". If the architecture is what's important, again IBM wins by simple definition - they designed the architecture that everyone else followed. If its the concept of a "small computer for personal use" that's important, then we have a whole slew of possible winners. It's all just a matter of definition... :-) MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Robert C. Leif, Ph.D." wrote in message news:mailman.993612920.5656.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org... > From: Bob Leif > To: Marin David Condic et al. > Texas Instruments had a better computer running the UCSD Pascal system. When > the IBM PC appeared, TI dropped their good design and built an imperfect > clone. I believe Compac was started by some disgruntled TI engineers, who > wanted to build a proper clone. Altair, Sphere, and I believe Apple came > before the IBM PC. Amusingly, IBM had a scientific PC based on the Intel > Multibus and a Motorola processor. This scientific PC, which was > subsequently killed, was a better design than the Intel powered PC. >