Re: What would the Spectrum have become?

Date: 8 Feb 2003 11:55:04 +0000
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sinclair
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On Fri, 7 Feb 2003 19:42:07 +0000, there was a flash of lightening and a clap
of thunder. A voice, believed to be the voice of God (but later turned
out to just be trying out a karaoke machine and having a few
electrical problems) boomed out:
> Chris Young <email-address-deleted> did eloquently scribble:
> > On 6 Feb 2003 04:39:32 -0800, there was a flash of lightening and a clap
> > of thunder. A voice, believed to be the voice of God (but later turned
> > out to just be Tayles trying out a karaoke machine and having a few
> > electrical problems) boomed out:
> >
> >> He should have gone through with the LC-3 project - windows operating
> >> system, double-mapped screen, integral microdrives, hard drive.
> >
> > I can just imagine installing XP from a microdrive...
> >
> > Seriously though, I think he probably made the right decision milking the
> > Spectrum cash cow. Firstly, because I hate Microsoft and secondly
> > because the LC-3 sounds more geared towards serious use, and likely would
> > have gone the way of the QL.
>
> Microsoft?
> He said the project was shelved in 83! M$ Windows didn't make an appearance
> till much later.
Oops, I saw the phrase "windows operating system" and got confused. I
guess I should have read it as "windowing operating system". Still, the
second point still stands.
Chris
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