Re: Did Commodore cheat with the quad density floppies?

From: Jim Brain <brain_at_jbrain.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 15:28:33 -0600
Message-ID: <6f917cf4-3552-2ab8-1c70-650c395e8a0e@jbrain.com>
On 1/10/2019 2:05 PM, Mia Magnusson wrote:
>
>> Columbia Data Products (MPC 1600) and Eagle Computer (Eagle PC) would
>> disagree.
>>
>> The Compaq Portable came soon after.

You learn something every day.  It appears, according to the sterling 
resource Wikipedia, that Eagle's first "compatible" was not as 
compatible as Compaq, but no mention is made of the relative 
compatibility of the Columbia machine.  That must be a distinction I 
read somewhere.

Anyway, my point still stands.  Compaq was early and they were 
innovative.  They pushed the design forward, not content to just emulate 
the unit.

Jim
Received on 2019-01-10 23:01:06

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