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Re: Computing Editorial (please read)

Subject: Re: Computing Editorial (please read)
From: Richard Plinston <riplin@Azonic.co.nz>
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 19:24:15 -1200
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"Charles Richmond" <richmond@ev1.net> wrote in message...

> By 1982, the days of 8-bit computing as a mainstream
> activity were numbered. 

DRI sold considerably more copies of CP/M after 1982 (or specifically after 
the IBM-PC was released) than they did prior to that.  With Amstrad 464, 
Commodore 128, Apple II cards (from Microsoft even), and other Z80 addon 
cards, the CP/M market expanded considerably faster than before.

In fact Microsoft in 1984 even made a CP/M clone to compete in this market: 
MSX-DOS which would run on an MSX machine that had diskette drives, such as 
the Spectravideo Express.

There were also new 8bit business machines that came out in 1982 with 
multiple-processors, such as ICL DRS20, and Micro-8.

References:
- Computing Editorial (please read)
  - From: pap3@dana.ucc.nau.edu (Paul Allen Panks)
- Re: Computing Editorial (please read)
  - From: Charles Richmond <richmond@ev1.net>
- Re: Computing Editorial (please read)
  - From: "Ross Simpson" <rosssimpson@my_spammers_address(optusnet).com.au>

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