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From: ted@inmet.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: Re: "personal computer", "PDP", IBM-PC P
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Date: Thu, 14-Nov-85 12:12:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 14 12:12:00 1985
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Nf-From: inmet!ted    Nov 14 12:12:00 1985


I just had to say that I agree with everything you said.  The IBM-PC was
good for its day, but now it is stiffling real innovation, along with the
other 8088 based products.  The only thing we can do is hope that as 
people become more computer literate, they'll realize that segmentation is
a limitation, along with other things.  Lets hope the new generation of
68000 based "personal computers", ie, Atari 520ST/TT and the Amiga will
help push IBM into new hardware approaches that won't cost the consumer
his/her shirt in order to buy it.