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From: edgar@shape.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar)
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Subject: Re: What is the All-Time Best-Selling Computer ?
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Date: 9 May 90 12:10:52 GMT
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In article <29747@cup.portal.com> FelineGrace@cup.portal.com (Dana B Bourgeois) writes:
>I propose that the term "personal computer" be defined before any
>more opinions are placed in this thread.

I recall some advertising by IBM several years ago, claming some large
proportion of the "personal computer" sales.  When challenged on it,
since the Commodore-64 clearly beat them at that time, they said that
they were talking about "personal computers" (like the IBM PC), not
"home computers" (like the Commodore-64).




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