Vodkapundit » It's the General Motors of Software — and Hardware!
Posted on February 08, 2010 in Commodore software
I think back in the '80s and '90s the industry needed a Microsoft to force workable standards on a market segmented between Apple, Commodore , IBM, Tandy, Atari, etc. Even individual companies made completely incompatible lines (VIC, ...
Mac Portable Hard Drive » Desktop Computer - Know It Better
Posted on January 24, 2010 in Commodore computers
In 1977, Tandy Corporation (Radio Shack) launched its model of personal computers having a keyboard and CRT. In the same year the Commodore PET and Apple II were also released market and these are forerunners of today`s Desktop ...
Explaining Oliver Williamson, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of ...
Posted on October 20, 2009 in Commodore computers
At the end of the day, it's no mistake that Apple was using * Commodore * chips in their computers , that Commodore beat them to market with a fully assembled computer for mass consumption, and that Tandy only got in the game after ...
Explaining Oliver Williamson, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of ...
Posted on October 16, 2009 in Commodore software
From Williamson's perspective, Apple needed a software company to make a strategic investment in developing an operating system for its hardware. Not having a long-term track record, the only way it could do this was to integrate with the ... At the end of the day, it's no mistake that Apple was using * Commodore * chips in their computers, that Commodore beat them to market with a fully assembled computer for mass consumption, and that Tandy only got in the game after ...
Commodore 64 - 25th Anniversary Celebration
Posted on August 15, 2009 in Commodore software
During this epoch of microcomputer innovation, a marketplace was dominated by a IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC), a Commodore 64, a Atari 8-bit family, a Apple II, Tandy Corporation’s TRS-80s, as well as …
Edgelings.com » Smilodon and the Computer Operating System
Posted on July 16, 2009 in Commodore software
Expose a new Windows box to the unfiltered Internet, and it will be infected with some kind of malicious software within literally minutes. Even if it isn't infected, Windows has tried to become an “enterprise” operating system; .... The embedded market is a lot like the PC market in 1980, with everything from the Tandy to the Osborne, to the Commodore (and, of course, the Apple). Some alliances are going to have to form, so that you can get a dominant virtual platform ...
CAD-a-Blog: Is Google taking over the world, one app at a time?
Posted on July 13, 2009 in Commodore software
There was the Apple, IMB, Atari had one, Tandy, Commodore (one of my favorite) and more. Today, when a consumer purchases a new computer the choice is simpler. Essentially there are two choices, PC or Apple. ... Also, the makers of the software I “need” to use can't produce it in Linux (or MAC) form because there aren't enough Linux users to justify the cost. We are stuck with Windows. That's ok by me, really, having one standard is the best option in my opinion, ...