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From: JAB <noway@nochance.com>
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Subject: Re: Did EGA Save PC Gaming?
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 20:40:58 +0100
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On 22/07/2024 16:09, Zaghadka wrote:
> To "PC" game, because these were also contemporary "personal computers,"
> you had a C=64, Atari ST, Amiga, or Speccy (thanks JAB!). An MSX in
> Japan. That's what kept enthusiasm going. I never accepted IBM ownership
> of the term. To call them the source of PC gaming in the 80's is, IMHO,
> silly. I regard the Z-80, the 6502, and the Motorolla 68000 as primary
> contributors to continuity of computer gaming. IBM was for work. The
> 80286 was simply not a gaming chip. The 8086 was a footnote.

I can't say it's something that's ever bothered me as in the 80's the 
term personal computer wasn't really used here but instead home 
computer. Also when I hear the term PC I actually don't think of 
'personal computer' as such but instead an IBM compatible which isn't a 
laptop even that that's also a PC, or is it. I think I've confused 
myself now!