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From:Andrew Crowe
Date:4 Aug 2000 at 22:14:51
Subject:Re: Amiga is #7

Hi Everybody,

>> The early Compaqs were very impressive for the time: they were the
>> first high quality PCs (and expensive). IBM designed the PC to be
a
>> cheap gadget, not much more than a terminal. Compaq made it
>> something for serious use.
>
> Yes the Compaq 386s were good for their time (1985/'86) - but hey
> the Amiga 1000 was even better :) Still #7 out of all the other out
> there doesn't seem /that/ bad.

It's not really a rating system anyway, it's just one persons
opinion of which 'PC' innovations have been the most important. After
all, the Altair 8800 is on top, that didn't even have a keyboard :)

I'm supprised the amiga got a mention at all ;)

See ya :)



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