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The claim "...and they all rip off Rod Holt's design" is classic "reality distortion field" salesmanship. Lesson learned: don't be humble when you're the pitch
by OldSchool 13y ago
The claim "...and they all rip off Rod Holt's design" is classic "reality distortion field" salesmanship. Lesson learned: don't be humble when you're the pitch man.
Even the claim that every other computer maker used switching power supplies certainly wasn't true at the time of the Apple II; its direct 6502-based contemporary the Commodore PET 2001 had a standard heavy transformer bolted to its thick metal chassis and large capacitors under the hood.