grogers@uiucdcs.UUCP (grogers ) (03/08/84)
#N:uiucdcs:24700041:000:861 uiucdcs!grogers Mar 7 21:55:00 1984 [] According to the April issue of PC World: The PCjr is assembled by Teledyne, not IBM, from parts that come mostly from non-IBM sources. The interesting thing is that the chairman of Teledyne, Henry Singleton, is on the Apple board of directors. hhmmm... Also in the April issue is a look at 40 pc compatibles, complete with a 6 page foldout chart that shows the typical configuration of each system including list price. They "tested" most computers that claim to be ibm-pc compatible, or that use the Intel 808x (or 8018x) processors, or that use some version of MS-DOS. The reason for including those machines that are not claimed to be compatable by "their makers" is that the systems can sometimes read/write pc disks or will benifit from the pc software explosion. greg rogers university of illinois, urbana-champaign ...uiucdcs!grogers