Re:Reversing Sinclair's 1974 calculator hack (2013)
by jacquesm on Friday September 17, 2021 @11:48AM
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> If Sinclair didn't seize on the opportunity to use the TMS1802NC to reduce costs, then one of his competitors would have eventually done it.
You are missing the point entirely: Sinclair did seize on the opportunity and nobody else did, and likely would not have.
Sinclair did this quite purposefully when in fact if he had been more greedy he could have chosen a different path. And the fact that he did this repeatedly is proof that this was not an accident. So yes, we did need Sinclair to show us that was possible.
You are missing the point entirely: Sinclair did seize on the opportunity and nobody else did, and likely would not have.
Sinclair did this quite purposefully when in fact if he had been more greedy he could have chosen a different path. And the fact that he did this repeatedly is proof that this was not an accident. So yes, we did need Sinclair to show us that was possible.