My dad's IE department had been running Trash 80's model III's for a
few years and were expressly forbidden from playing games on
them. If a game were caught it would mean the end of Computers for
his IE department. (Not his rule, but his Boss's rule)
When they got their first IBM clones, (AT&T 6300's) the first thing
they ran was Microsoft Flight trainer to see if it would run. If it
ran it was truly IBM compatible.
Stewart
At 11:53 AM 4/17/2008, you wrote:
>Somebody will eventually try to order one and let the world know. It
>isn't all that difficult to get the right pile of parts.
Do any of the other geezerz on the list remember the early days of PCs?
IBM was fighting off the clones by using a proprietary BIOS. Anyone who
could make a legit BIOS to make a computer that worked like IBM's stood
to make a fortune. This is where Compaq was born.
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
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Prince of Peace
Ozark, AL SL 82
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