Re: Computing Editorial (please read)

[Michael J. Sch�lke <news0301@mjschuelke.de>]

Ross Simpson wrote:
> "Charles Richmond" <richmond@ev1.net> wrote in message...
> 
> > To be there from the early days, you need to have been there from
> > around 1975 or 1976. By 1982, the days of 8-bit computing as a mainstream
> > activity were numbered. And IIRC, Atari did *not* declare bankruptcy,
> > but sold their assets to some other company...
> 
> I beg to differ. [...]
> 
> However it seemed to last as long as some of the other 8bits, like the C64s,
> it was still going very nicely 5 years after the machine was introduced
> (which I might add sprung a newer generation of 8bits around 1990 to compete
> with the Atari STs & Amigas).

True, but that was just old 8 bit processors finding a new market niche 
(quite a large one, though) in home computing. 

Professional microcomputers (what you might call workstations, nowadays) 
used 8 bit processors in the 1975-1982 timeframe; with the appearance of 
machines like the Sun 1 (68000, 1981), they moved on to 16 bits, and the 
personal computing market followed quickly with the Apple Mac and the 
IBM AT. 

Regards, 
Michael


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