| From: | G.A.Griggs |
| Date: | 26 Apr 2001 at 19:35:29 |
| Subject: | Re: Have I got a PC |
Oh my god Captain Don the've just fired anti-shipper missiles at [amigactive] Re: Have I got a PC
>DC On 25-Apr-01, G.A.Griggs wrote:
>DC> What if I said I've got a Home Computer not a Personal Computer, Since
>DC> Personal Computers are commanly undertood to mean machines based on
>DC> IBM Bussiness Computer originally using IIRC 8086 cpu's.
>DC Apples, BBCs, Spectrums, Ataris, Amigas are all Personal Computers.
>DC Wintel don't own the term any more than they own windows or BASIC.
>DC The definition is a small computer which can work on its own without
>DC needing to be supported by a server or mainframe.
>DC Don't say you have a Home Computer - that is exactly where these people
>DC would expect viruses.
Thats the question, what would be a reasonble definition which diffireniates
the Amiga from the PC.
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