alt Hacker NewsIt's funny how close an early PC was to the 8-bit machines: you had BASIC in ROM and a cassette interface.
You could even use a TV!
It's funny how close an early PC was to the 8-bit machines: you had BASIC in ROM and a cassette interface.
You could even use a TV!
I have made the mistake of calling the early PC 8-bit, lolol...
Yes, it reminds me of an Apple ][ computer, with the major difference being the Apple had the video sub-system on board, and the PC locating that on a card.
I often wonder how things might have played out had the Apple ][ computers used one slot for video... or, had IBM chose to do it the Apple way.
Apple computers all sort of gravitated to the onvoard video despite a few cards being made. It was just enough, especially when the later models included 80 column text.
I ran my first PC on a TV. Same as the Apple and Atari machines.
Fun times.