The first PC that I had experience with was the Radio Shack line (Mod I, II, III). I also did a lot of programming on an IBM PC. If I remember correctly-- and I am sure that I do:)--, those PC's had a DOS. There was a DOS before MS. The reason that computers were so expensive was not because Gates saved us from ourselves with his version of DOS, but the fact that the technology was very much in it's infancy. I bought myself an Amiga 2000 in 1987. I remember reading articles in publications like Dr. Dobbs, stating that MS was revolutionizing the computer world with something called "Windows." Well, that my me wonder what I was using. I mean, I was doing the point-and-click thing way before MS Windows appeared on the market. I also had a computer that was awesome for multimedia. Unfortunately, Commodore dropped the ball and the Amiga went to the wayside. I would like to point out, though, that this happened in the US well before it occured elsewhere. In Germany, everyone had an Amiga, the PC with windows anything was usually found in an office somewhere. If Commodore had done a better job, they could have maintained a really nice market share, since they had a computer that was way ahead of any MS based PC.
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The first PC that I had experience with was the Radio Shack line (Mod I, II, III). I also did a lot of programming on an IBM PC. If I remember correctly-- and I am sure that I do:)--, those PC's had a DOS. There was a DOS before MS. The reason that computers were so expensive was not because Gates saved us from ourselves with his version of DOS, but the fact that the technology was very much in it's infancy.
I bought myself an Amiga 2000 in 1987. I remember reading articles in publications like Dr. Dobbs, stating that MS was revolutionizing the computer world with something called "Windows." Well, that my me wonder what I was using. I mean, I was doing the point-and-click thing way before MS Windows appeared on the market. I also had a computer that was awesome for multimedia. Unfortunately, Commodore dropped the ball and the Amiga went to the wayside. I would like to point out, though, that this happened in the US well before it occured elsewhere. In Germany, everyone had an Amiga, the PC with windows anything was usually found in an office somewhere. If Commodore had done a better job, they could have maintained a really nice market share, since they had a computer that was way ahead of any MS based PC.