Technology Where the computer industry went wrong – the early hits

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Part 1: The eight-bit era You'll find below an informal roundup of the slip-ups and missteps that stick in the mind of The Reg FOSS desk, from the dawn of the microcomputer industry onwards. We are certain that we've missed plenty – let us know your favorites.

We often hear Commodore fans saying that the company had the worst management in the history of the industry… and it did make its fair share of bad decisions. Even so, there are plenty of rivals for that dubious honor.

Before we recount some other catastrophically bad moves, we thought we'd recap a few of Commodore's awful decisions, for the benefit of non-Commodore types.

Where the computer industry went wrong

A personal collection of the memorable missteps and fumbles

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I had the Atari 400 & 800XL the latter had the add on disc drive, I acquired many games which for the time & limited power were great fun - Later I had the the ST

 

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I had the Schneider CPC 464. That was the German version of an Amstrad model.

 

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I had a lady behind a desk with a slideruler.

 

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And here is part 2:

Some more of the computing industry's greatest mistakes

As the hardware got more capable, the messes got more expensive

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Part 3:

What is this computing industry anyway?

And you may ask yourself, 'How do I work this?' And you may ask yourself, 'Where is that large computer?'

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