Re: Did EGA Save PC Gaming?

On 24/07/2024 16:10, Zaghadka wrote:

On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 20:40:58 +0100, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, JAB
wrote:
 

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.

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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!
>

 To each his own. I wore a Che Guevara shirt with "The C=64 is also a PC,
idiots!" emblazoned over his face. All you could see was the beret.
 I lived a stone's throw from Armonk at the time, though.
 

Getting peeved for no particular reason is part of the human condition!
Part of me dies inside every time I see someone use acronym interchangeable with abbreviation. I do now have to accept that meaning has basically entered common usage but still.
Another one is begs for question for raises the question instead of its more formal meaning.