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In article <213@druhi.UUCP> lbl@druhi.UUCP (LocklearLB) writes:
>>     No, I don't remember when "PC" meant "a personal computer" in any
>>generic sense.  And I doubt if you do either.  The only PC's that existed
>>before IBM were "Pocket Computers".  IBM coined the term personal
>>computer.
>>James Omura, Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto
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>
>Excuse me, but I certainly hope you meant to put a :) after that sentence.
>If you didn't, I'm sure that you never heard of an Apple personal computer
>or a Radio Shack personal computer.  Both were introduced years before
>IBM entered the market.  Neither of these was the first personal computer
>by a long shot.  The term "personal computer" has been around a lot
>long than IBM's PC has.  IBM's use of the term PC is merely a marketing
>ploy designed to make people think of their product first when the terms
>PC or personal computer are used.
>
>Barry Locklear
>AT&T Information Systems Labs
>Denver, CO
>ihnp4!druhi!lbl


     What can I say?  That's 2 gaffs in the last month!  I just checked
back on the recommendation of 'hes' and you are both quite right.  I
guess I just never noticed the term being used before.  I've always just
called them 'micros'.

     In fact, I guess I just called them 'computers'.

                                         Cheers! -- Jim O.

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