XPost: comp.sys.cbm, rec.games.video.classic   
   From: invalid@invalid.invalid   
      
   jt august wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   I can only wonder where you get your information from...   
      
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