August 12th, 2006
Happy 25th Birthday, IBM PC
By Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
It was 25 years ago today, August 12th, 1981. The IBM PC, also known as the Model 5150, was born. Other personal computers exists, notably the Apple II and the Atari 800, but it was the open architecture of the IBM PC that made cloning possible … and it was cloning that eventually made the PC a standard.
More of my musings on the IBM PC here.
Proto says:
Happy B-Day PC.
Paying over one thousand for one of these,
or less than a thousand for a clone,
also helped the clone market.
August 12th, 2006 at 12:39 pm
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November 12th, 2008 at 3:16 pm