Re: Fun things to do to RTM (was: Internet worm)

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3 total messages Started by Secret Mud Sun, 13 Dec 1992 17:18

#781

Author: Secret Mud
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 17:18

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From: cmcurtin@bluemoon.use.com (Matthew Curtin)
>
> . . .
>To cite just one example, let me remind you of Steve Wozniak. He created 
>the Apple II computer, which gave birth to the "computer revolution", 
>bringing computers to everyone. The Apple II was the first "open system," 
>a term which we hear a lot about nowadays. I doubt that anyone would argue 
>that Woz was crucial in helping make the computer industry what it is 
>today. Yet, in getting experience which no doubt helped him create the 
>Apple II, he had a friend help him to sneak into the Sylvania company to 
> . . .

Actually the Apple II wasn't the first open system.  All of the Altair/S-100
type machines that came out in the two years before the Apple II were open
systems.

Re: Fun things to do to RTM (was: Internet worm)

#783

Author: Eric L. Beyer
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 21:01

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In article <724267084.15019@zooid.guild.org> ron@zooid.guild.org (Secret Mud) writes:
> From: cmcurtin@bluemoon.use.com (Matthew Curtin)
> >
> > . . .
> >To cite just one example, let me remind you of Steve Wozniak. He created 
> >the Apple II computer, which gave birth to the "computer revolution", 
> >bringing computers to everyone. The Apple II was the first "open system," 
> >a term which we hear a lot about nowadays. I doubt that anyone would argue 
> >that Woz was crucial in helping make the computer industry what it is 
> >today. Yet, in getting experience which no doubt helped him create the 
> >Apple II, he had a friend help him to sneak into the Sylvania company to 
> > . . .
> 
> Actually the Apple II wasn't the first open system.  All of the Altair/S-100
> type machines that came out in the two years before the Apple II were open
> systems.

-- 
  It's very hard to give the credit for any revolution to a single person.
If wasn't for Apple, it would only have been a matter of time before others
did the same exact thing.  The technology as a whole had advanced to a point
where the "computer revolution" was inevitable.
--
  Eric L. Beyer
  Proud owner of his rusty A500
  Paper pusher of Solaris Devlopment Group
  (elb1@cornell.edu)

Re: Fun things to do to RTM (was: Internet worm)

#818

Author: Matthew Curtin
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 16:58

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ron@zooid.guild.org (Secret Mud) writes:

> Actually the Apple II wasn't the first open system.  All of the Altair/S-100
> type machines that came out in the two years before the Apple II were open
> systems.

You are correct. I was pointing toward the Apple II being the first open 
computer, as we know computers today, not as assemble-it-yourself(tm) kits.
Sorry for the misinformation :-)

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