tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31841111.post115991734013686436..comments2023-06-04T16:42:55.538+01:00Comments on Keith Collins' True Marketing Experience: Memory Test - 20 years onAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15590254264130144028noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31841111.post-1159995151727466802006-10-04T21:52:00.000+01:002006-10-04T21:52:00.000+01:00In 1978 I was the proud owner of 3M UK's first PC ...In 1978 I was the proud owner of 3M UK's first PC - the Commodore Pet and developed some accounting applications for it. By 1980 I was working for a software company helping develop and market PC based accountancy software. My job was to select who would be the major winners from companies like ACT, Atari, Altair, Apple, Commodore, DEC, Tandy, TI etc and focus the programming teams onto developing software for them. Everyone had to have customised software. Let's also not forget the BBC and Sinclair PC's sold in big numbers too! <BR/><BR/>IBM's entry in 1981 created a 'standard' and within a year or two Lotus (1-2-3)was able to leverage this to great effect. Lotus Europe started in September 1983 based from a desk at Reflex (later Frontline and later still part of C2000 I think) in Reading. Within 4 months Lotus had an office in Windsor (where I joined them) and by mid 1984 had manufacturing facilities in Ireland. <BR/><BR/>Now about this party....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31841111.post-1159969831332938542006-10-04T14:50:00.000+01:002006-10-04T14:50:00.000+01:00Sure it wasn't the first PC, maybe just the leadin...Sure it wasn't the first PC, maybe just the leading really affordable one for tens (or even hundreds) of thousands of home and small business users - and it was British!<BR/><BR/>Either way a party to celebrate 20 or 25 years sounds good. I guess there would less eligible attendees for the silver jubilee of the PC!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590254264130144028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31841111.post-1159965083797272832006-10-04T13:31:00.000+01:002006-10-04T13:31:00.000+01:00Well you'd be at least five years out of date. The...Well you'd be at least five years out of date. The IBM Personal Computer appeared on September 11 1981. And, of course, the microcomputer (MITS Altair) was the cover story of Popular Electronics in 1975.<BR/><BR/>I edited Personal Computer World from 1979 to 1981 and it existed (in a different form) for a year or so before I got involved.David Tebbutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03971631003702096148noreply@blogger.com