[Coco] Another Radio Shack Article

[Bruce W. Calkins]

Yes the 1980's into the early 1990's were exciting times in the computer 
world.  However IMO there was one little issue.  None of the various 
platforms were compatible.  OK, a game on the CoCo Vs a game on the Atari, 
Commodore, etc was not so much of an issue but try to send some sort of data 
file from one platform to another.  Even the serial protocols were 
different.  One thing I saw a need for was a common data format.  PC/DOS 
ushered that in, for better or worse.

Bruce W.

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----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Steve Batson"



>I think most of us realize that there were many better designed computers 
>and technologies than the PC running DOS/Windows back then. Seems like 
>everyone wants to blame Microsoft for this. I don't think it's quite that 
>simple and I don't think you can blame Bill Gates or any one person or 
>company for what happened. From the history that I watched unfold and from 
>what I read over the years, this is the way I see it.