Re: Sinclair Model That Influenced Apple?

["Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@cable.mendelson.com>]

Bill Garber wrote:
>
> Broken down: Chris Curry left the company in 1978 and founded Acorn Computers
> with Herman Hauser and built the SYSTEM 1. That led Clive Sinclair to decide
> that computers could make money, and caused him to start his own project.
>
> Am I wrong?  From other sources, the MK14 was actually created in 1976, at
> the same time as the Apple One.  Still no big deal by comparison, though.

Not necessiarly. I expect that Sir Clive had wanted to build a home computer
a lot sooner, but was unable to get the parts cheap enough to make the price
point he wanted to. 

Chris Curry may have left because he wanted to do it at a higher price or
lower profit margin. 

Geoff.
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