IBM PC original power supply problem (long)

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On Sun, 29 May 2005, Michael Holley wrote:

> This is from Blue Magic by James Chposky and Ted Leonsis.(1988) ISBN
> 0-8160-13910-8
>
> The book has a few technical errors, they mix-up 8080 and 8086 chips number
> in one chapter. The refer to the modem guy as Dennis Glayes (Hayes). In this
> chapter they refer to a 65 volt power supply (should be watt).  The flow of
> the book tells how the project was kicked off in August 1980 and you could
> buy one in the store in August 1981.

This is completely unacceptable tripe.  If an author can't get simple,
well-known, basic details like this correct then as far as I'm concerned,
the rest of the book is crap and may as well be run through the shredder.

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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