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[Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>]

On Friday 11 November 2005 2:28 pm, Nick Zentena wrote:
> On Friday 11 November 2005 14:24, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> > On Friday 11 November 2005 2:06 pm, James Knott wrote:
> > > Jerry Feldman wrote:
> > >
> > > .
> > >
> > > > it was interesting that when the PC came out, it really had no
> > > > support for color or any of the more interesting stuff that its
> > > > competitors, like Apple, had. I think IBM had the view of the drab
> > > > corporate desktop where noone wanted color or graphics.
> > >
> > > The original PC supported colour.  Green IIRC.  ;-)
> >
> > Henry Ford said about the Model T, "You can paint it any color, so long
> > as it's black".
>
> 	The PC supported CGA. 16 colours?
The original PC had a mono card in it. The color cards like CGA came 
shortlay afterward. 
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Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
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