Re: The IBM PC's slavish devotion to the Apple II

[steve@dosius.zzn.com (Dosius)]

"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<54icndqDaspUmHWjXTWcpQ@comcast.com>...
> > The story goes that when IBM engineers were working on the IBM PC, an
> > IBM VP brought in his Apple II+, opened it up and said that they had to
> > do that.  It was likely that it was on its way to being a closed system
> > before that.  Standard IBM operating procedures...
> 
> Again, I say give me a source. I'd like to read this from
> a reliable, not someone slapping hearsay into a usenet
> group.
> 

I agree; don't take an URBAN LEGEND at face value.  If someone can
give a reliable cite I'll believe it.

-uso.