@dosnostalgic Once again I find myself wincing at the cost of computers in the past. $1500 USD just to get a midrange computer?!
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SHODAN :nonbinary: (shodan@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 00:17:21 UTC SHODAN :nonbinary: -
SHODAN :nonbinary: (shodan@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 14:47:16 UTC SHODAN :nonbinary: @dosnostalgic Very true, just seems a hard sell given the home computers on sale at the time. I suppose there had to be a breakthrough moment when those systems started to become serious competitors to Commodore and such.
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SHODAN :nonbinary: (shodan@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 14:40:33 UTC SHODAN :nonbinary: @dosnostalgic Was there ever a world where this was successful given how much better and cheaper home computers were for things like games and multimedia at the time?
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SHODAN :nonbinary: (shodan@mas.to)'s status on Thursday, 20-Apr-2023 19:29:56 UTC SHODAN :nonbinary: @dosnostalgic That's interesting as someone who's always been fascinated by how the IBM PC platform became the video game powerhouse from what was basically an office machine at first.
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SHODAN :nonbinary: (shodan@mas.to)'s status on Thursday, 20-Apr-2023 19:17:43 UTC SHODAN :nonbinary: @dosnostalgic For someone not in the know, what was the issue with scrolling on IBM PCs and clones at the time?