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Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?

Subject: Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
From: "Chris Young" <unsatisfactory@bigfoot.com>
Date: 28 Jul 2001 16:02:37 +0100
Newsgroups: alt.amiga, comp.sys.amiga.advocacy, comp.sys.amstrad.8bit, comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.atari.8bit, comp.sys.atari.advocacy, comp.sys.atari.st, comp.sys.cbm, comp.sys.sinclair
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On 28 Jul 2001 12:58:18 GMT,  (of comp.sys.sinclair "fame")
wibbled on for an age:

> In comp.sys.sinclair sands-of-iowa <sands@cableone.com> wrote:
> > Windows 3 came out less then 15 years ago before that there was 0
> > software for it when an OS come out and it is used by a large base of people
> > software is written for it  so it does not matter what OS you start with for
> > your new machine if you can sale a large  number of them.
> > but you do need to get the cost down to $150
> 
> Windows 3 could run software written for Windows 2 and probably even
> Windows 1, not to mention all the DOS apps available at the time.

Yes, but it wasn't the best software base available, which was *my*
point.

Chris
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References:
- If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: "T.J.T van Kooten" <thomas@-nospam-worldonline.nl>
- Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: Bob Retelle <bobr1@provide.net>
- Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: "Chris Young" <unsatisfactory@bigfoot.com>
- Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: Bob Retelle <bobr1@provide.net>
- Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: "Chris Young" <unsatisfactory@bigfoot.com>
- Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: Bob Retelle <bobr1@provide.net>
- Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: David Ogg <davidogg@nc.rr.com>
- Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: "sands-of-iowa" <sands@cableone.com>
- Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: ammonton@cc.full.stop.helsinki.fi

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