> And I will argue the reason there’s about a 90% chance you are reading this on a PC with an Intel or Intel compatible processor in it has a lot to do with Tandy
Nope. The reason you are reading this on PC/intel is because of clone motherboards and CPUs which made home computers affordable and small-shops/hobbyists could build their own.
Name brands were twice the price, the Apple universe was four times the price.
I think both are true. The important thing with the Tandy 1000 is that it had decent graphics and sound and so was attractive to the home buyer who probably wanted to play games. These eventually made it to the cheap clone market via sound and graphics cards, but when the Tandy 1000 was released, IBM compatible PCs were seen as business machines and not really game machines. In the late 1980s you'd be better off with an Amiga or even an 8-bit machine if you wanted to play games than with most IBM compatible machines.
Nope. The reason you are reading this on PC/intel is because of clone motherboards and CPUs which made home computers affordable and small-shops/hobbyists could build their own.
Name brands were twice the price, the Apple universe was four times the price.
Cheap clones is why x86 is alive and well today.