from the May 1982 issue of Practical Computing magazine

The mainframe manufacturers are finding that microcomputers - so recently derided as mere toys - are making inroads into their hitherto safe preserves. Clare Gooding examines their contrasting styles, and ponders on how the giant mainframe builders will fare among the quick-witted bandits of the micro world.

Time was when anyone working with computers had a hard time at social gatherings. If you were foolish enough to admit it, the reaction was either “Oh that’s all too technical for me, don’t know anything about it”, or worse, an inundation of stories about payroll computer errors and gas bills for £0.00. Nowadays a more likely reaction is, “We’ve got one of those at work, amazing little machine, we do everything on it”.

An interview with Bob Marsh

from the December 1984 issue of Unix Review magazine

Many factors have contributed to the birth of a personal UNIX market but none has been more important than Onyx System’s decision to introduce a UNIX-based micro in 1980. Bob Marsh, now chairman of Plexus Computers, made that decision.

Chances are another company would have done the job sooner or later. But Marsh’s timing was critical. The success of the Onyx product showed not only that a UNIX micro port was technically feasible but commercially viable. The object lesson was not lost on OEMs , who were casting about at the time for alternatives to expensive minicomputer systems.

from the May 1, 1995 issue of MicroTimes magazine

by Paul Hoffman

It’s never any fun writing about the same subject two months in a row. However, the Microsoft stories have taken on a life of their own. Not as much of an unreal life as, say, the O.J. Simpson trial, but a life nonetheless. Last month’s news stories (about a federal judge overturning the consent decree between Microsoft and the Department of Justice, and Microsoft being sued by Apple) caused such a flurry of media coverage that Microsoft is now a story unto itself.

from the July 15, 1985 issue of ComputerWorld magazine

by Edward Warner

Although the IBM Personal Computer AT was greeted by the cheers of corporate users craving speed for their spreadsheets, the machine holds other potential, particularly the ability to run programs in up to 16M bytes of random-access memory (RAM).

That potential remains largely untapped, and the situation may not change anytime soon because many important software firms have held off on developing packages specifically for the AT.