I didn't get the AI vibe from the article, thought it was well-written, a good view on Jack and the industry during the era.
I always believed Osborne was a little bigger in the UK, got the feeling they had a slightly better machine in some aspects than the Sinclair and TI and as polished as Commodore but just burnt out really early, unfortunately. I had a C64 but enjoyed programming enough to flip through the books at the library for the other machines, to see the differences in language, programs and games. Thinking about it now, I wonder how many Osborne programming books got printed vs machines sold?
It's unfortunate there was no mention of the C128, but it was mostly a stopgap machine in the wars between the 64 and the Amiga, there wasn't any mention of the earlier Atari 400/800/XL, etc machines before the ST either. I wanted a C128 just for ELSE, the 64 only had IF-THEN natively.
I always believed Osborne was a little bigger in the UK, got the feeling they had a slightly better machine in some aspects than the Sinclair and TI and as polished as Commodore but just burnt out really early, unfortunately. I had a C64 but enjoyed programming enough to flip through the books at the library for the other machines, to see the differences in language, programs and games. Thinking about it now, I wonder how many Osborne programming books got printed vs machines sold?
It's unfortunate there was no mention of the C128, but it was mostly a stopgap machine in the wars between the 64 and the Amiga, there wasn't any mention of the earlier Atari 400/800/XL, etc machines before the ST either. I wanted a C128 just for ELSE, the 64 only had IF-THEN natively.