From: adam@address.invalid   
      
   Bobbie Sellers wrote:   
   > On 07/03/2012 04:23 PM, Adam wrote:   
   >>> Personal   
   >>> computers were not expected to be of any great importance, so it was of   
   >>> no importance to do things "the IBM way."   
   >   
   >      IBM was particularly blind to the possibility of private   
   > uses for computers.  Time-sharing on the big college machines was   
   > the best they could think of.   
      
   I remember using the IBM 5100 and 5110 in 1977-1979, what later would be   
   called "luggables" but nonetheless standalone machines for individuals.   
     I'll have to find out what those were intended for.   
      
   >> IMHO the most (or only) impressive feature of the original IBM PC was   
   >> the IBM name. As I remember it, somehow that changed personal computers   
   >> from something for hobbyists into a "legitimate" home product.   
   >   
   >      There was a saying that no one got fired for buying IBM.   
      
   Did anyone ever say that after the PC Jr. came out? ;-)   
      
   >> Did I ever post my "Growing Up in an IBM Community" piece to this   
   >> newsgroup? :-)   
   >   
   >      Not that I have seen.   
      
   Okay, as a piece of Americana I'll post it in this thread tomorrow (July   
   4th).   
      
   Adam   
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