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From: SteveH on 22 Jun 2010 10:50 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > The Oric, in Atmos form, had a parallel port and supported joysticks, > > disk drive etc. It also cost less than the Dragon. > > The big problem being that too many people rememberd the Oric 1 for the > buggy mess that it was. The Atmos was a nice wee machine, but was firmly in > the 'too little, too late' category. What 'ee said. I wanted an Atmos, but they were very much a minority interest machine by the time the problems had been fixed. -- SteveH
From: Ian Piper on 22 Jun 2010 15:40 On 2010-06-22 08:24:13 +0100, David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> said: > Bruce Horrocks wrote: >> On 20/06/2010 10:52, T i m wrote: >>> I didn't spot any of the Apple II clones on Jim or PD's shots. If >>> there weren't any I might drop Bletchley a line and see if they want >>> one. >> >> I didn't see any on display so probably is worth calling them. >> > > Do they have a MacPortable? Yes, there's a photo of one in my collection: http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/2842974/1/Bletchley%20Park%2020100619?h=6d019f#gallery:13 Ian. -- Ian Piper Author of "Learn Xcode Tools for Mac OS X and iPhone Development", Apress, December 2009 Learn more here: http://learnxcodebook.com/� --�
From: Jim on 23 Jun 2010 02:08 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > They worked out the original price based on production costs which were > known in advance. Demand did indeed massively outstrip supply - that's > unquestioned fact. > > Standard economic market theory, the very basis of it, is that when > supply cannot meet demand, price goes up. > > So what was claimed at the time matches what economic theory predicts - > I can't see any reason to doubt this `allegation'. According to the March 1982 edition of "Computing Today" it was due to increased costs, not demand. Also, take a look at the iPhone and iPad - both have had demand that vastly outstripped supply, yet prices have not gone up. Inded, the origninal iPhone had a rather controversial price -drop- soon after its launch. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: David Kennedy on 23 Jun 2010 03:48 Ian Piper wrote: > On 2010-06-22 08:24:13 +0100, David Kennedy > <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> said: > >> Bruce Horrocks wrote: >>> On 20/06/2010 10:52, T i m wrote: >>>> I didn't spot any of the Apple II clones on Jim or PD's shots. If >>>> there weren't any I might drop Bletchley a line and see if they want >>>> one. >>> >>> I didn't see any on display so probably is worth calling them. >>> >> >> Do they have a MacPortable? > > Yes, there's a photo of one in my collection: > > http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/2842974/1/Bletchley%20Park%2020100619?h=6d019f#gallery:13 I keep meaning to renovate mine but I can't help wondering what I'll do with it then... -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 23 Jun 2010 04:43
On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:08:59 +0100, jim(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote: >Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > >> They worked out the original price based on production costs which were >> known in advance. Demand did indeed massively outstrip supply - that's >> unquestioned fact. >> >> Standard economic market theory, the very basis of it, is that when >> supply cannot meet demand, price goes up. >> >> So what was claimed at the time matches what economic theory predicts - >> I can't see any reason to doubt this `allegation'. > >According to the March 1982 edition of "Computing Today" it was due to >increased costs, not demand. > >Also, take a look at the iPhone and iPad - both have had demand that >vastly outstripped supply, yet prices have not gone up. Inded, the >origninal iPhone had a rather controversial price -drop- soon after its >launch. That's slightly different - the scales involved mean that the temporary scarcity was actually just a breathing space allowing Apple to bring on more production lines as they could be confident they'll be able to sell the output - and with the new, higher economies of scale the production price per unit has dropped. (and it was only controversial to a bunch of whhhaaaaah self-important idiots, too. Prices *always* go down on new toys) Cheers - Jaimie -- Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come. - Nietzsche (via Groening) |