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Re: Commodore and Apple

Subject: Re: Commodore and Apple
From: HansO <msxhans@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 16:22:24 +0100
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jimbo@radiks.net (Jim Lawless) wrote:

>I'm curious: Was the design of the early PET computers similar to the
>design of the KIM-1 ?
>
>Jim Lawless
Not really. 
The KIM-1 is a very simple single board computer with 6nLED displays and a hex
keyboard,  with lots of I/O pins and simple cassette interface and a simple
monitor program. The KIM-1 is not at all a general purpose computer, but a kit
to discover how microprocessors work. 
The PET is a personal computer in a finished housing, with a QWERTY keyboard, a
video display, mass storage in the form of a builtin cassette deck  and builtin
Basic and operating system: turn it on and start working.

References:
- Commodore and Apple
  - From: Jim Brain <brain@jbrain.com>
- Re: Commodore and Apple
  - From: Eric Smith <eric@brouhaha.com>
- Re: Commodore and Apple
  - From: jimbo@radiks.net (Jim Lawless)

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