Talk:Timeline of computing 1980–1989

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Regarding the IBM PC: "The machines success was largely due to the openness of its specification, anyone could produce new and improved parts or models of the computer"

Not sure that can be stated as a fact. The original IBM PC was a success with or without clones, probably because it was from IBM and therefore "serious", business oriented with relatively high-resolution text display, and had some important business software. It was a couple years before the clones could take off. Not just anyone could reproduce models: first they had to (legally) reverse engineer IBM's BIOS. Tigen 09:44, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sinclair ZX80 / ZX81

Weren't these machines (or one of them, I can't remember which) marketed under the Timex Brand in the USA? I'm not sure about any other countries. Regards Lynbarn 12:19, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

For anyone following up on this - yes, see Timex Sinclair. --Wtshymanski (talk) 17:38, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Attention needed (more than most)

This needs fact-checking and references. Long discussions should instead point back at the articles. Second-decimal-point releases of MS DOS ought not to be cited without an explanation. Remove the exclamation points! We should strive for a standard of literacy a little higher than the adspeak usually used by computer columnists. --Wtshymanski (talk) 17:20, 20 January 2008 (UTC)