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   XPost: comp.sys.cbm, rec.games.video.classic   
   From: screw@you.net   
      
   In article <298Ti.2916$_64.2467@trnddc02>,   
    "Sam Gillett"  wrote:   
      
   Keep in mind that the personal computer market was much more   
   > fragmented in the 1980's than it is today.  Two major segments were the home   
   > computer segment, which was dominated by Commodore and Atari, and the   
   > business computer segment where there were several CP/M machines which were   
   > quickly displaced by the IBM PC/XT and the various clones.  And then there   
   > was Apple whic sort of stradled the line between the home and small business   
   > market.   
      
   True, but honestly...wasn't it great!  I LOVED all the different types   
   of computers back then.  I think that it's stupid to give a crap about   
   the "winner" or "loser" of the 80's home computers.  Man, I would love   
   to see a return to the times of multiple formats, multiple machines,   
   multiple operating systems.  To me, that was the best time in the home   
   computing era, seeing what the newest weird system was coming out with.   
   Truly, the present with the Windows/Macintosh/Linux line up is pretty   
   damn boring in comparison....second verse same as the first...   
      
      
   Douglas   
      
   :)   
      
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