On 2008-07-19, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:14:43 -0400, Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > >> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 03:46:13PM -0700, Joel Teichroeb wrote: >> > Calling Windows PC seems to be something that Apple did so they would >> > not have to directly mention Windows. >> >> Actually it's something IBM did when they created the IBM PC. Of > > Bah... PC was short for Personal Computer...
I had never heard PC or "Personal Computer" until the IBM-PC. Before that, such compturs were called "micro computers" > Which term applied to the TRS-80, the Apple II, Altair even... Not that I remember. I had a homebrew S-100 bus system, worked with varioius Commodore machines, a few Apples, and some other CP/M systems. I never heard any of them called a 'PC'. My recollection is that 'PC' was a term that IBM coined. > Being a computer small enough to be single-user ("personal") > vs a department-wide mini, or company-wide mainframe... I remember those being called microcomputers. A "PC" meant an IBM. -- Grant -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list