On 5/19/21 12:09 PM, Jeffrey Birt wrote:
Judging by the fact Kyocera used standard pinouts on other models like the M10, PC-8201, etc. maybe they saw this was a better route to go? Maybe it was Tandy who insisted on the funky optROM socket to try and have a lock on the software?
There are many examples of RS doing things that clearly showed they wanted to be the only supplier of software and hardware upgrades for their machines, and only allowed others grudgingly.
It's not enough to prove it, but it wouldn't be out of character. -- bkw
