[Coco] Was the CoCo just another game console? Re: The Coco Zelda Clone

[billg999 at cs.uofs.edu]

> As memory serves when IBM released the "PC" it was geared towards business
> and
> at the same time released a "PC jr" which was geared towards the home
> market that
> also had a cartridge port.
>

I fear your memory is having bit errors.  IBM already had business
(and lab) machines and the PC was, in fact, geared towards home use.
The original IBM PC had a cassette port but it was not popular as
very few original PC's left the factory without a Floppy drive.

The "PC Jr" or "Peanut" was an attempt to push a really cheap machine
into the market without hurting real PC sales.  The machine was a
dismal failure and did not last long in the market.  It had a wireless
keyboard (IR) but usually was connected by the provided cable as I
never saw one that actually worked reliably.  :-)

People here do know that the original IBM PC was supposed to be
Motorola based and not Intel based, right....

bill



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