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    Micro History Episode 3 - Dan Meyer and the SWTP 6800

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    Jeremy Reimer
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    Posted on: 2025-06-09 18:06:17.000
    This is a great story of a computer and an electronics pioneer who are almost totally unknown today. But Dan Meyer and the humble SWTP 6800 profoundly changed the entire landscape of the personal computing industry. They split the market into two parts: one who craved compatibility, clone hardware options, and the widest possible array of add-on hardware, and the other who valued innovation, simplicity, and elegant design.

    No prizes for guessing which two camps these folks evolved into!



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