XPost: comp.sys.cbm, rec.games.video.classic   
   From: starsabre@net.att   
      
   In article ,   
    "Payton Byrd"  wrote:   
      
   > The information age wouldn't be possible without a large number of   
   > programmers, and it's that large number of CBM machines that seeded the first   
   > great wave of programmers into the marketplace.   
      
   I was active in that first great wave, and while the PET had a tangible   
   presence, it was a minor player.  The TRS-80 family and the Apple ][   
   family were the real forces to be reckoned with.  If the PET had been   
   such a powerhouse, the C=64 would have been part of that family, instead   
   of being its own standalone powerhouse that came on after the Vic-20   
   failed to make the inroads C= wanted.  And Tramiel didn't like the   
   direction the C=64 was taking Commodore, which lead to his ultimate   
   ousting.   
      
   jt   
      
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