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- From: Ari Lukumies <aril@cmt.lpr.mail.carel.fi>
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- Subject: Re: Can we do programming without seeing the end user?
- Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 11:59:09 +0200
- Organization: Carelcomp Products
- Message-ID: <315FA8ED.5091@cmt.lpr.mail.carel.fi>
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- Don Schullian wrote:
- >
- > "Jonathan W. Hendry" <steeldrv@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
- >
- >
- > IBM's promotional thing was that where ever you went in America or
- > the world you were NEVER out of range of an IBM service center. Back
- > in the "good old daze" compatibility was the biggest problem and IBM
- > played that to good advantage. In fact, I'm sure that there marketing
- > scheme started the "IBM Compatible" phrase that I still hear used
- > today. Thank god not much today is IBM compatible ;)
- >
-
- A sidenote about compatiblity: Back in the times of OS/2 v 1.0 (yes, the
- character-mode version), I bought it and the package had as one of the requirements
- "An IBM AT compatible machine". Surprisingly enough, it installed and ran on a Epson
- Equity II (IBM AT compatible), but not on an original IBM AT (it just hung after the
- boot on that one).
-
- Later,
- AriL
- --
- All my opinions are mine and mine alone.
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