gl8f@astsun8.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) (11/01/89)
In article <2564@optilink.UUCP> cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes: > Short memory, Mr. da Silva? Short memory, Mr. Cramer? Before the IBM PC was a useful system, I wrote an inventory control program in dBase II on a CP/M machine for a medium-sized business. IBM did not invent the business PC market. Hell, I'm only 24, and I remember that much! Followups to alt.religion.computers, where they belong. ------ Greg Lindahl gl8f@virginia.edu I'm not the NRA.
cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) (11/03/89)
In article <2196@hudson.acc.virginia.edu>, gl8f@astsun8.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) writes: > In article <2564@optilink.UUCP> cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes: > # # Short memory, Mr. da Silva? # # Short memory, Mr. Cramer? Before the IBM PC was a useful system, I # wrote an inventory control program in dBase II on a CP/M machine for a # medium-sized business. IBM did not invent the business PC market. # Hell, I'm only 24, and I remember that much! # # Followups to alt.religion.computers, where they belong. # # Greg Lindahl I didn't say that IBM invented it; I wrote an accounting system on a Radio Shack computer at the time the IBM PC came out. What I did say was that relatively few companies were prepared to risk their precious records on the microcomputers that were in common use before then -- and frequently, with good reason. -- Clayton E. Cramer {pyramid,pixar,tekbspa}!optilink!cramer California: 2 years for mayhem; 4 years for an unregistered "assault rifle" in your home. Aren't liberals amazing? Disclaimer? You must be kidding! No company would hold opinions like mine!