Re: The Apple ][ was cool!

[Roy Miller <millers@iliveinnebraska.com>]

william strutts wrote:

> After
> the failure and expense of the IBM 5100 (1975, their first attempt at a
> peronal computer - discrete random logic CPU with no bus, built
> in BASIC and APL as the OS, 16K RAM and 5 inch monochrome monitor -
> $10,000!), cost was a large factor in the design of the PC.

I once had one of those in my possession. The thing was built like a TANK!!
As I recall, I gave it to a member of our Apple club, but that was so long ago
I don't remember clearly.

Roy

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