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- From: wayne@amtower.spacecoast.org (Wayne Summer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,news.groups
- Subject: Re: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
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- Message-ID: <wayne.02c5@amtower.spacecoast.org>
- Reply-To: wayne@amtower.spacecoast.orgX-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16f (10.17.92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
- Date: 24 Jan 93 11:30:06 EST
- Organization: Wayne's Machine; Palm Bay, Florida
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- In article <1993Jan23.230607.28570@nmsu.edu> bgrubb@dante.nmsu.edu (GRUBB) writes:
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- > These groups hierachies started long BEFORE 'PC' started to include non-IBM
- > machines like the Mac, Lisa, Apple IIGS, etc, but I get your point.
- > The problem is that 'PC' by itself has STOPPED being a synimum(sp) for IBM.
- > How many products are labeled 'PC compatable' as opposed to 'IBM compatable'.
- > Very few. PC means a personal computer; computer designed to be used
- > by one person (Dictionary of Computer Terms 3rd edition) it does NOT mean
- > IBM compatable.
-
- Thank you, I could not agree with you more.
-
- > I am worried that JUST pc will result in a small influx of Amiga and AppleII
- > people since those machinces are ALSO called 'PCs' and a latter influx of
- > the PowerPC crowd.
-
- A polite redirection to the appropriate newsgroup should suffice. However,
- do not forget a lot of Amiga owners have IBM compatibles on a card inside
- their machines with an ISA buss. We do, sometimes, have hardware problems
- that are appropriate for this newsgroup.
-
- > I personly believe that a group should clearly and
- > consisely state what it is about {epesially if the FAQ on the groups is
- > somewhat irregular in posting.} May be .pc.clone. would be better then
- > .ibm.pc. though JUST .pc. is NOT a good idea.
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- AGREED
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- Wayne
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